Got a Q about this kit for the 88 formula

installed it perfectly
but i used the elbows they sent in the kit
i noticed inside the elbows there were like metal baffles/deflectors

the original ones on her car did not have those metal baffles inside her tubes

does it matter?

seems like to helps to make it sturdier
and i was thinking it would help the air flow with them being inside there

thoughts?

 

The baffles are supposed to help the airflow. It is an improvement over the factory system. I had one on my car for a number of years.

After examining the SLP product I decided I could build a better one with more flow and a bigger air filter than the stock one.

 

Wrong picture above. See attached

 

2 questions 1989, what did you do about the return hose from the resevoir? With my cai, the weight has ripped the hose, so I was thinking of some metal or hard plastic elbow piece in place of the rubber hose, and then have the rubber hose go under the intake?

And did you custom make those runners? They look like WAAAAAy overkill on my 305, but they look sweet.

 

Hi

Look carefully in the picture and you can see that I relocated the overflow hose on the radiator around the corner to the passenger side. Those runners are highly modified SLP runners. See attached picture.

 

I don't have my car in front of me right now, but is there another nipple on that side of the radiator? Did you plug the "stock" nipple or something? Is that even a stock radiator? Sorry for the questions.

And for those SLP runners, for some reason they look different from any others I've seen. Really cool!

 

Yes I plugged the stock radiator overflow and moved it around to the passenger side so that my 3.50" cold air intake would work. Yes that is the stock factory radiator. Those SLP runners have been heavily modified. It shows what can be done with them. Allen

 

Here's my idea, I can cut off the hose nipple, JB weld the hole shut. Drill a hole in the other side and JB weld on a new hose nipple? Isn't there pressure on the walls of ther radiator or is JB weld strong enough? Obviously you got it to work, I'm just wondering how to get there. Thanks.

 

Here is what I did. I cut off the factory nipple down to the square part and tapped the hole. Don't remember the exact size. Then I installed an Allen head set screw with sealant.

On the new side I also drilled and tapped the whole. Trying to remember the size but I think a 1/4 inch hose nipple with 1/4 inch male pipe threads or something along that line. Also used sealant. Could even have been 1/8 inch. Just don't remember.

The pressure is not nearly as great as in the radiator. It has been working fine with absolutely no problems. Allen

Edit: Where the word "I" is present substitute "Dyno Don". He did the work and I just supervised and rounded up the parts.