Some pics.

 

Looks good. I remember when I had that much crap in my engine bay. Damn that was a while ago.

 

you got some pictures of that?

 

My engine bay looks so damn tacky with my chrome OAE, with that dirt, oil and who knows what else...

 

Sure do.

 

very nice, I don't what alot of it is, lol, but I like it.

 

What all did you remove to acheive that clean look? Do you still have A/C? Also, whats that MSD ignition box do for the engine? Finally, where did you get that crossmember for the engine bay?

 

He doesent have AC or heat from what I can see.
The strutbar is from edelbrock and you can buy it from Jegs or Summit Racing.
Just do a search on here for the MSD 6 series ignition box, I honestly dont think it really does much for a street motor.

And he removed AIR, AC, heater core, charcoal canister, and maybe other stuff

 

where and what exactly did you get for your open element...did you notice a difference? I was considering getting one, but did not know which was the best...any links?

both cars look really good.

 

I've removed pretty much everything under the hood that the car doesn't need to run. I'll be rerouting my fuel lines here shortly to get it alittle cleaner.
I do miss the heat and the wipers sometimes though but where I live it's not that big a deal.

 

Thanks. Did a search for the MSD ignition. All it does, besides a rev limiter, is increase the strength of the spark at high rpm and allows for much better combustion. Can be used on stock cars, but wouldn't have much of an effect.

Thats awesome man. I plan on removing the EGR, AIR, and any other under-the-hood emissions crap. Also, rerouting the A/C lines, heater lines (will get ride of that check valve), and power steering stuff. That coupled with a March Performance Serpentine drive kit (March Performance Chevy Small Block Serpentine Drive Kit) should give me the under-hood room for some Hooker long tube headers, Spectre Cold Air kit, MSD ignition, and a Strut Bar. Maybe that would leave future room for an STS RMTT kit.

 

I haven't noticed a whole lot yet. You probably will only see nominal gains at best, it sounds better and runs cleaner so I guess it better for the engine plus its looks pretty good as well. I just found out that I have a stock exhaust on my car with just 2 pipes on it, so if I buy a new muffler that may make me notice it more as well.

 

Muffler will do very little and thats only if yours is clogged up.
Basically all the power you get from your exhaust is in your headers.

 

Actually you can get great gains from replacing that 2.5 inch bottleneck with a strong 3 inch catback. Even the L03 trucks came with 3 inch and they had 10 more horsepower and 20 more foot pounds of torque IIRC.

 

Ya, maybe he meant just the muffler which is what I said, lol, I meant the whole exhaust with a 3' catback, maybe a flowmaster, any recommendations?

 

here you go....

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tbi/...-synopsis.html

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/exha...tart-here.html

 

thanks.

 

I dont know what you guys think about flowmaster but my local muffler guy wont put them on anymore unles the customer absolutely demands it. He told me that ever since they lost their patent on the design their mufflers have gone to shhhht. He has had numerous ones come back with cracks in them. So if you just want to say I got a flowmaster look at other brands that have copied the design and are little cheaper in price.

 

I am actually leaning toward edelbrock

 

[i just got a holley open element for my 305 what do i do with all the hoses now or what can i eliminate?

 

3rdgenbrad go to the tech articles under unltimate tbi and it will walk you through it.

 

Goalie,

Why not take advantage of that ram air hood you got? I know the airbox is expensive. Anyone make their own airbox yet.

 

I can't find an airbox, thats my problem, the darn things have gone almost obsolete

 

https://www.ramairhood.com/store/scr...p?idproduct=18

These guys appear to have one and the price came down since I looked last. Check out the spectere cold air intake kit from the Horsepower TV post on the TBI board. They have a 90' bend and 3" pipe that goes straight down the center line of the motor, right to where the airbox above inlet is.

I wanna do that so that is why I am seeing if you think it would work.

 

It may indeed work, I would like to see that air intake, any links?