I was just reading on the techboards about the 5.0 HO Air cleaner dual snorkel mod and I was wondering if anyone here has tried it?

I am interested in hearing if it gives good gains in the HP/TQ areas. The creator of the article did state it dropped 0.5 seconds off his Estimated time so I am guessing it gives a good gain. Any input on this topic would be greatly apreciated. Thanks

 

I noticed a little gain .. it felt a little more responsive when I step on it.. Plus it looks way better than a single.

 

would one gain more from a dual snorkel over an open element? I am guessing the answer is yes as the engine heat won't affect the air inside the snorkels as much as it would the free air going into the open air element.

I think I am gonna try to obtain a dual snorkel air intake module or build my own.

 

good luck as they are getting harder and harder to find. Not only is the air cleaner hard to find but the ducting and scoops are severely difficult to come by. There's an air cleaner on ebay but the guy's not parting with the scoops. Since it's cold here and I'm not too worried about engine heat I put a larger K&N in my dual snorkel air cleaner. It holds the lid up about an inch off the rim of the base. This directly replaced my stock LO3 air cleaner and I could feel and hear the difference. The car now revs to and over 4500 RPM before shifting where before it would shift at 4000 RPM and pretty much let you know it was time to go home.

It's a worthwhile mod and it looks good if the air cleaner's in good shape. Go for it!!!

 

year one has the hoses and other small parts. i'm pretty sure they used to have the scoops, too. you might want to call them.

http://www.yearone.com/serverfiles/h...3AH424&Style=6

 

Thanks for the link to that site. I emailed them to see if the L69 5.0 HO Air Cleaner is still in production and if it is how much would it cost. I will post the reply when I get it.

Thanks again

 

year one doesn't sell the air cleaner itself. check the classifieds on here and watch ebay. you should pay between 50 and 75 bucks for one.

they work a lot better on camaros than firebirds. the lower hoodline of the firebird impedes airflow.

 

I was going to use the dual snorkel set up on my 91 rs 305 tbi, but after seeing how much it costs I decided to go with the open element.

I would assume that the open element gives you more power over the dual snokel becuase the air flow potential is much greater. I'am I correct in thinking this?

 

For the money you have to spend on buying the parts, and the trouble you have to go through to find all the parts, you're better off buying a cowl induction hood with an open element, and sealing it off so you only get air from the cowl.

 

you've just hit on one of the most hotly debated topics on here. obviously, an open element breathes much better than stock, but the air it breathes is hot, underhood air. i don't believe anyone has ever done a side by side, timeslip by timeslip comparison of the two.

virtually every factory or aftermarket performance air induction system offered today stresses cold air induction. the factory dual snorkel setup, isn't cold air, cust less hot air. it still draws air from under the hood, it just draws it further from the engine than the open element.

cost isn't that big of a deal, though. i've seen complete setups go for as little as 50 bucks in the classifieds on here or on ebay. you can pick them up all day long for 75.00.

 

if you cant find the hoses you can custom make one if you can find the carbon fiber and resin you can do it. its the same stuff the model rocket guys use to build the main section of the rocket.

Or if this fits under the camaro hood you could buy this its not OE but its dual snorkel www.ramairbox.com they have it, i dont know if their snorkels and ducting are compatible with stockers but its worth looking into.

 

Yes they are getting rare and getting pricey. But there are still a few out there for good price. I just bought another 2 months ago for $150.00 for the whole setup. Including the hard to find air scoops. In my opinion it does look better than the single snorkel stock unit. Here is my setup finished in black chrome.

 

One thing I saw on a thirdgen Camaro once that I though was a really kewl idea (not too terrible cosmetic, though) was using these cars poor aerodynamics for good, instead of evil. He had removed the BRIGHT headlamps (inner most ones, for those of you that have only owned your cars for less than 30 seconds) and used a dual snorkel to make ram-air! I bet it worked really well considering the pocket made from the headlight areas on the Camaros...

Bruce (90RS305)

 

I have seen that before also. One thing I would do in that situation is put up a small screen where the headlamp was. You would want to keep out the big chunks.

 

Definatly! Nothing like sucking in a bird to ruin your run. I say put a little turbo compressor wheel there to make those ricers ponder over it.

 

As much as that would be cool.. you'd be surprised how much actually gets into the air cleaner from there.. I have dumped out sand, small rocks, bees, all sorts of stuff you'd never think to find in there. I think the air hits the headlights, and goes up, but is also compressed.. so I think where the air enters just above there is under a fairly decent compression.

 

Get a pressure tap and find out. Or a pressure transducer.
Honestly, it doesn't matter that far ahead. What matters is the pressure right before the throttle body. For all we know, those intake hose's take up the energy from ram air. If everything were ridged than you'd have a better chance of getting some ram air.

 

Thats not a bad idea.. just for kicks..

 

Sorry, no pics - but I made my own. Got a spare air cleaner housing for $10, hoses from Autozone for $10. Cut a hole in one housing, cut the inlet off the other, mated the two with rivets and JB weld, painted black. Shortened hoses for heater diverter valve and moved it closer to firewall, got smaller coolant overflo bottle and put in front of radiator under plastic nose cover, and wala. Could feel the difference - easy cheap 1 hour mod.