I'm a way off still (end of next summer) from doing my ProCharger install but this winter I'm doing body work and trying to think ahead...

I see allot of people with ProChargers on the drivers side with just a giant K&N cone style filter on the back of it right over the exhaust/valve cover.

Had anyone with a Firebird taken an early Trans Am/Formula style hood and created an air box/ducting for the ProCharger to suck in pure cold air from this in front of the windshield? It really doesn't seem that difficult of a project to fab something up, make a fiberglass mold or something, and build a custom duct in CF or similar. Make a thick rubber gasket for when the engine twists, of course gutting the factory opening flap and it would be a no rain only setup.

Anyone have pics of a setup like this? Any reasons you can possibly think of for why this wouldn't work? I realize the Formula scoop if towards the center more than over the drivers exhaust header but still, it seems doable to a certain extent if not too much of the scoop is right over the TPI plenum (I'll be keeping my TPI). Perhaps an aftermarket fiberglass hood with a Formula scoop grafted into it more towards the drivers side would be a much better start?

 

Actually I just ran across a old post on here the other day when I was searching for something. Think this tread is what you're after https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/powe...ir-intake.html

 

Awesome! So the scoop is in the right place on the hood, thanks for the link!

 

If you can ceramic coat your headers, everything will be happier under the hood...

Rafael

 

Of course, not only do I plan Jet-Hot for my Tri-Ys I am also going to wrap them.