Open Element Tech Article

Please read and check for errors in everything, inc. spelling etc.....

send comments and or additions please.
hope this will help some in the future.
and i hope to have more how toos, up in the future.

i know i have nothing on the breather, i will add soon.


[This message has been edited by snflupigus (edited November 29, 2000).]

 

That was awesome man>>>>>>that should have everyone inquiring understand how to do it.
I got a 10" edlbrock b/c the 14" didn't clear the linkage. I don't know what happened. Prolly 'cause I F*cked w/ the linkeage so much switching back and forth from carb to stock TBI. I do this when I go to the track. SO, that's option # 2 if you guys get the same prob.
Later

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Alex (AKA chevyboy) '91 RS 327 stroker, trans-go shift kit>> manual valve body, cat-delete, MSD (ignition, coil, 2-step, timing retard/ advance),Flowmaster, complete Edelbrock suspension including shocks, struts and lowering springs. CRAGAR drag wheels. Lowered 2.25" in front and 1.5" in rear....Best E/T 12.84 @109 mph...(got spray?)plus more!!

 

you have to be kidding me, nobody else has read this yet?

 

whats funny is that if I was just to go over to someones garage that is having trouble with it, I could have it done in less than 5 minutes. LoL

 

Really great tech article. The only thing that I would like to know is what is your preference, drop base or non drop, and what brand would you recommend (K&N, edlebrock, or just some cheaper summit one or something like that). Once again, great article, you may have even convinced me to ditch the stock aircleaner

 

Great site man! I'm glad somebody finally put an article together instead of having to pick for info here and there on how to do this mod. Now you have to link to it somewhere to make it available and easy to find for everybody.

 

tell ya what, ill just put it in my sig for now. Ill see what i can do for getting a link up in the tech section

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IM: snflupigus | ICQ: 96787192

Open Element Tech Article

ENGINE SPECS:
305 TBI,Open Element,K&N 14x3,Hypertech Stage I,160 Deg. Thermostat,454 GM TBI

STEREO SPECS:
JVC Kalmeleon kdlx3,Infinity Kappa 2way 6x9's,PPI 4x6 Coaxials,PPI PC2400 AMP @ 2ohm
DEI Studio 12" 4ohm DVC,Custom Box:Exactly 1 Cubic Foot

[This message has been edited by snflupigus (edited November 30, 2000).]

 

http://snflupigus.tripod.com/tech/op...tep3/step3.htm

It's a 4.7K ohm resistor, and you don't have to solder it. You can just shove the wires into the weatherpack. Kinda like when you check codes on the ALDL.


You also forgot to mention the breather.

But otherwise good

 

ok ill put that in as a soldering alternative, i mean i know you are macyver, and as i remember you had a reputation for rigging things up

and i know i forgot the breather, i was waiting for a pic of an aftermarket one stuck into the stock breather hole.
I will add something aboutit tonight.

 

ok, its all updated, should be perfect now except im still lookin for people to send me pics. thanks.
later.

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IM: snflupigus | ICQ: 96787192

Open Element Tech Article

ENGINE SPECS:
305 TBI,Open Element,K&N 14x3,Hypertech Stage I,160 Deg. Thermostat,454 GM TBI

STEREO SPECS:
JVC Kalmeleon kdlx3,Infinity Kappa 2way 6x9's,PPI 4x6 Coaxials,PPI PC2400 AMP @ 2ohm
DEI Studio 12" 4ohm DVC,Custom Box:Exactly 1 Cubic Foot

 

 

 

[This message has been edited by Macgyver (edited December 01, 2000).]

 

I was gonna write an open element, gutting smog crap article once..

 

BTW, the arrow pointing to the throttle bracket was to note that I bent it down slightly to clear the drop-base air cleaner with no spacer ring.

The notch in the base is to clear the coil wires.

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Shane McConnell
macgyver@nethirdgen.org [*]Webmaster of www.NEThirdgen.org[*]1991 RS 305 T5 15.6@88[*]1979 Z28 ZZ4/2004R (In the future.)
I'm the kinda guy you bring home to Mother.

 

Oh, and the cat pics are to show where I chopped it off to gut it Was gonna write an article on that too.

 

lol, one more thing I was wrong, I did use the spacer for the drop-base...

 

The breather is weird looking cause I got the wrong size, so I just shoved it in the breather tube It's a regular old Edelbrock breather, still using it like that actually....

 

Magyver I like your style! No more Cats, Down with Emmisions. I would have had to bend my cable bracket to since I have the Drop-base cleaner but the spacer I got is 1 inch high, so it clears it even without the goldring in there. Pretty cool eh?

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Eric Natzke
91 Firebird 305 TBI (ZZ5 summer of "01")
ASCD Ram Air Hood-3" custom exaust-Flowmaster 80 Series-No Cat-Edelbrock TES Headers (coated)-March Pulleys-TBI Spacer-K&N Open ELement-TransGo Shift Kit-B&M Supercooler 28,000 GVW-Hypertech Thermomaster-160 Stat-3:42 GM Gears-Auburn Posi Unit-Edlebrock Strut Tower Brace-MSD Superconducters-MSD Cap & Rotor-MSD Blaster Coil-Rapidfire Plugs-265/50/R15 Tires-Emmison's all Gone
http://members.aol.com/j007golden/91firebird.html

 

hey mac, mind if i use some of yer pics on my article? I know how it is, i planned writing that thing a month ago and finaly got around to it. Now im workin again, and its so hard to find time for anything. Eventually i plan on video taping the process of doing the ultimate tbi, and taking pics, and maybe taping and taking pics of removing smog crap now too. When is the question. To bad your all the way out there on the coast and im in here surrounded by cornfields. We could get together and do some of this stuff, and save time.

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IM: snflupigus | ICQ: 96787192

Open Element Tech Article

ENGINE SPECS:
305 TBI,Open Element,K&N 14x3,Hypertech Stage I,160 Deg. Thermostat,454 GM TBI

STEREO SPECS:
JVC Kalmeleon kdlx3,Infinity Kappa 2way 6x9's,PPI 4x6 Coaxials,PPI PC2400 AMP @ 2ohm
DEI Studio 12" 4ohm DVC,Custom Box:Exactly 1 Cubic Foot

 

Hell yeah, use the pics, that's why I put them up there

I'm 600 miles from the Ocean

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Shane McConnell
macgyver@nethirdgen.org [*]Webmaster of www.NEThirdgen.org[*]1991 RS 305 T5 15.6@88[*]1979 Z28 ZZ4/2004R (In the future.)
I'm the kinda guy you bring home to Mother.

 

Oh, those pics are old BTW, I don't have any AIR lines left, I even yanked the one off the cat. I'll ditch the smog pump when I get around to it.