I know there are a ton of these mods but this one looks clean and is easy.
I got the parts from the junk yard and they were cheep. I got a few air ducts and stuff and headed home. This is what came out of all the parts.
I think I can post photos......

Well check it out.
Ron

 

Here are some other photos.
The air intake on the bottom is simply the stock intake(from the junk yard) inverted. I made a little bracket to hold this in place. The added intake is the nose off the stock intake too. I cut it and then spot welded it to the intake. Cut a hole from the inside out and I got twice the air flow. GM made room for the original hose to fit in there so two fit in there easy. I took a tall filter cover(cal cover) from a 85 malibu TBI. I fits and allow the use of a taller filter. More air more filter...right
Well there you have it.

Ron

 

That is actually not too bad of a set-up and I can't recall if I have ever seen one like that. I would try to route that one duct up out of the engine bay. You kinda have it in a poor location. I see that you have a STB which makes running a traditional f-body dual snorkel unit diffucult. This may be a great alternative.

 

I'm glad you like it Shifty.
Which hose do you refer? The lower one?
Is it too close to the motor you think?

 

I am refering to the one that is not bolted down in the stock location. You can't see it in your final assembly pictures. I would try to route it as close to the other one as possible. Having it close to the engine like that doesn't promote "cool"/ambeint air ingestion.

 

Ok. I see what you are saying. I think I could tie that up to the strut support (Zip ties)and get it away from the motor more.
Good idea

 

IMO, open element works better and is easier...

 

I like that setup too! I never thought of it...I have a regular dual snorkel setup (that looks like Robot arms)...your idea is something to try perhaps...might get a little cramped in the engine bay with all the ducting however...hmm

 

 

And not smog legal either

 

They work, that's one reason so many fast cars run them.

 

30 second job to put the stock one on for inspection and testing once a year

 

what about combining the dual snorkel with the TPI type setup?...what do you think?

 

 

Depends on what you drive and where you live. In cali they have road block smog checks believe it or not. Thank god Texas doesn't. If you have one in Cali and get stopped at a road block smog check, you are screwed and pay a hefty fine.

The open element sounds better for sure, but it sucks in way too much hot underhood air for my taste.

 

Well the thing I was going for was to bring in cool air not heated air from under the hood.
When I come in from a drive and lift the hood I can feel the difference in the cal cover temp and the Strut tower temp.
It may be no big deal or big differance in HP. I just think cool air is a good thing.

Ron

 

[QUOTE=Crusin' 1980's]I like that setup too! I never thought of it...I have a regular dual snorkel setup (that looks like Robot arms)...your idea is something to try perhaps...might get a little cramped in the engine bay with all the ducting however...hmm

Wow Crusin that looks like it will pull in the air.
Here is a shot with the top hose off.
This shows a little more info.

Ron

 

Well I got out Last night and looked at the problem.
I found the zip ties and looked at getting the #2 hose up and out of the way.
Using the ties I joined the hoses together then lifted them and secured them to the strut brace. It looks like there is enough space there for good air flow.
Check it out Let me know what you think.
This AM I got some shots so yall can see.

I know it is hard to see but the #2 hose is 3 in. from the valve cover at its closest point.

Ron

 

Warning this may be

I had one of the air scoops left over so.....It hit me to use it to feed more air to the lower cool air intake.
My thought was if I could pull air from under the car and deliver it to the #2 intake IE the space behind the head light it couldn't hurt.
Well It fit so easy and there was a ready made mount bolt from the ground clearance mount there. I just put it on.
If some how it builds a higher air pressure there (behind the lights) at "cruse" speed. I should get better air flow "ram air".
See I told you to look out for stuff flowing down hill.
Here are the shots. The thing is hard to see behind the light mount ...and harder to photograph.
It is easy to see under the car the scoop is going to get some air.
Check it out.....

Ron

 

hey Dirtfarmer, I looked at my car today to see if i would be able to do what you did, but my evap canister for the gas is right in the way...what did you do with yours?...maybe I'll re-locate mine eventually and try what you did...but the canister seems to be right in the way of instralling another air duct right below the stock one...

 

Oh you are right I did move the canister over.
The thing has a funny mount....when you take the mount bolts out a tension held sort of hook for the bottom of the canister falls out. I just moved the canister over (toward the fender) and remounted it using self tapping screws.
That opens up the space for the inverted scoop.

 

Good Idea...I think I'll check mine out soon and see if i can move it out of the way...i might even get creative and mount in under the car, towards the front bumper...I'll see if it can be done without showing from underneath...it would be nice if i could re-locate it completely out of view

 

I like the OE much better because it dresses up the engine bay a little bit and the sound it makes is righteous.



With the power bulge hood I'm getting soon, it should have no problems getting all the cool air it needs. Plus, I've never seen a randon road side inspection for modified cars. I suppose the cops in the Bay Area have worse things to think about.

Very cool ideas though. How did you cut the hole in the side of the air lid?

 

Cadillac,
That is a good looking rig. I think you're OE it is clean easy and looks great.
I used an air cut off wheel to cut the inside of the air lid. Then used an air grinder to "finish" the hole. The metal is thin and easy to cut. The weld there is tricky. I just spot welded several spots. I was afraid of burning a hole in it.
I plan to seal it with black high heat silicone.