Car is all done for now. Have a SLP CAI, and SLP Air foil, and took out screens of the MAF sensor. Heres a before and after pics.

Before


After


Car runs great, pulls harder, quicker throttle response, good stuff!

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Looks good.

 

Thanks man. If anyone wants to see more pics, from different angles i can post more. Other than that just wanted to post this so others can see. Later

 

awesome looking, that stock air intake even looks restrictive

great job!

 

yes i agree the stock air intake is a big restriciton. sadly all firebirds with FI got it from 85-90 i believe. i have that same air intake set up on my 87 firebird 2.8 the only mod i did to it was i took the square shaped box off the end on the air intake by the radiator tank and i replaced it with a cylender shaped open element filter from auto zone. i did feel a little difference from it and you can hear it sucking so it has to be doin its job.

 

How did you make out moving the charcoal canister? That was the hardest part about mine. But then I also put in an Optima battery, which is slightly larger than an AC Delco.

 

That charcoal canister was a real pain in the ***. Also the fact that the instructions they gave u are a little to hard to understand. They should of had pictures by each step. But lets just say that the canister is so tight right where it is, that i didnt even have to bolt it down. Heres a pic of the canister:



Here i got bored, so heres another two pics



Cant wait to get some shiney new headers



Later

 

That's right where I squeezed my canister into. And I agree with the need for better and more detailed directions. I also see you didn't use the mount for the MAF that they supply,either. I didn't use any mount. The rubber bellows seem to hold it just fine.

 

That looks almost like my intake! So does an 89 GTA 5.7 have that same intake as you had before? Maybe the previous owner put the CAI on it. Here is a pic.

Brian

 

Better instructions ... ? For what ? Unless your actually going through with moving the fuel lines and all that other crap, there is nothing mechanical about the whole process. Its basically just "make it fit"

 

87GTA, i did use the bracket they supplied me with, but i had to drill out two holes on the MAF so could attach it to the bracket with screws.

89blackGTA, that does look pretty much the same as mine, other than the fact that i see the air box on the left is right by the charcoal canister. Must be a different setup than mine.

Hey omni, for some us its just aint as easy, give us a break. Sure i could just said, hell i'll do it all myself and route everything the way i wanted to, but i wanted to go the way SLP did it, and that my friend is not very detailed.

 

on those SLP systems, where does the air go in at? bottom?

 

Well if the SLP is like mine, the opening points to the headlight.
I am probably going to dump that box and put a cone filter on the end.
Brian

 

dude no offense but slp seen ya coming......

those bellows are the 88-89 ones from a stock tpi...all you really bought was a plastic box......

if ya really want air flow run ya a tube down where the bellow ends and drill ya a hole in the place where the box is and run the bellow down it.. then put ya a k&n conical filter on it.....

slp way, 189
easy way 35

ou make the desision

nice car btw

 

Well my SLP goes to the side fender, where there is an opening on the passenger side. There the box snugs right up, and gets all its air from there, rather than from the engine compartment. Heres a pic:



Badgta, i know what u saying. I was considering doing custom, but i wanted a factory clean look. Ya i payed premium, but im very happy with it either way. And i have seen some very good custom work too, but took the dark side

 

don't get me wrong it's nice, but i hate seeing fellow thridgenners get ripped off.......

but if ya like it thats all that matters!!!

 

That is stock I am pretty sure, I have a 89 Gta also and I have the same one.

 

88 and 89 had the intake that looks almost like the SLP. Before then they put the funky lookin' box on there. 90-92 they changed it again for the speed density system since it has no MAF.

 

Ya that boxy looking intake is the worse POS design ive ever seen. It disgusted me everytime i opened the hood to look at the crap. Seriously i dont know what the hell GM was thinking, why couldnt they just make the same intake as the Camaro? Wierd.

 

Did you notice any difference in the way your intake or motor sounds?

 

I only drove it once, for like 5 minutes, and honestly wasnt paying attention to any sounds. Im sure there is a difference, but until nice weather with clear roads start coming, i wont know for sure, until i REALLY drive out there, which i cant wait.

Well actually when i had the car running, and the hood opened so i checked everything, the intake does have a low humming sound in idle. So yes it does sound different there, and i assume it sounds louder when u go WOT. But again, i need to take the car out for a real good long ride to find out.