Sorry to be so Firehawk minded, but they are the penultimate! hehe
I'd like to know why I don't see more dual air-cleaner setups as mentioned, the Firehawk was setup as, moving the battery to the trunk. It sounds like something one would have to give thought to, but would certainly aid performance.

Seems to me the working variations would have some influence for those doing mods...like GM's own twin supercharged 3rd gen I had come across in a book. That sounded quite potent...and rare

Not quite restoration, being a performance mod, but wondering if this had been done by others outside of GM and SLPs cars

Bill

 

The $350 that SLP charged for the dual cold air intake is the primary reason you don't see them around much. The next reason is the battery relocation requirement. Get past that and the Tram as used on the Firehawks has a different thermostat housing that routes the upper radiator hose under the serpentine belt to the alternator. Even if you have the thermostat housing from a Tram it won't bolt up to a TPI intake and direct the hose in the right direction. So basically its expensive, takes time and effort, and some customization.

I've had a SLP dual cold air sitting in my garage for two years now, still don't have it installed because its a bunch of nonsense to get the damn thing installed.

Also don't forget, with the battery in the trunk to be track legal you have to have an external battery shut off switch and the battery box has to be vented to outside the car. Not exactly what most people want in their street/strip car.

 

I've had some long standing question as to the performance of the stock differences, as well, those being Firebird vs. Camaro, that goes to the front, as well as Corvette's setup and Firebird's going off to the passenger side...[the air inlet]

Another thing I'd wondered was available is the stainless steel headers AND exhaust mentioned, as well as the aluminum driveshaft, or if that would be a non issue for street use only?

I'd likely keep the same engine size with some upgrade mods w/i the practiCAL side, and hope to run on 90 octane gas as the availability of higher octanes around here are hard to locate. Also mine is an everyday driver ( mostly) and has not seen racing...other then that one trial in the expresslane!

BILL