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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 01:09 PM
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camaro air intake on gta

has anyone put an iroc style air intake on a gta? any photos?
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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 01:35 PM
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I haven't heard of it being done. There would be clearance issues with the hood.
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Old Apr 25, 2006 | 05:37 PM
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^^^What he said. Cannot be done. Hood and fender lines of the firebird prohibit us Bird owners from having such a cool intake as the Camaro guys. However, I believe there was one guy that made his T/A hood vents functional, but at the cost of structural ridgidity. <---however the hell that word is spelled. But you are really just better off making your own. I did and it works great.
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Old Apr 25, 2006 | 08:48 PM
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if it the dual intake on the camaros it is to possible to be done ... ive done it on my car and i have pics to prove it if you would like to know how to do it let me know and ill explain it
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Old Apr 25, 2006 | 09:23 PM
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there are def better ways to go.. that kinda looks like it was installed with a chain saw
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 12:01 AM
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I like it, but where does the air come from? I have a '91 and it's pretty sealed up underneath isn't it? I mean the camaro has the fog light holes and the air channels around them. More pics if you have them.
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 09:59 PM
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well the arent perfect if i could do it again i would have done it neater ... also it sucks air from where the air scoop feeds up the the radattor .. it make a good diffrence i think
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 10:39 PM
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How much metal did you remove? What two, 6x6 inch squares? I'm seriously considering doing that. Does it hit the hood? Any side profile pics with the hood open/closed?
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 10:54 PM
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I have a friend that put one on his GTA and his hood stays open by a couple inches so he used hood pins. It looks like crap and he getto rigged it in there.
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Old Apr 30, 2006 | 12:25 AM
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I like it, but where does the air come from? I have a '91 and it's pretty sealed up underneath isn't it? I mean the camaro has the fog light holes and the air channels around them. More pics if you have them.
With the '91/'92 nose(both non-gfx and gfx), if you look UP into the turn signal/fog light area, there's open space above the lights, and you have a clear view to the underside of where the air filters would sit--perfect for drawing air. It's similar to how the carb'd and TBI engines draw air for the Camaro through the open space above the headlights.

So as long as the fabrication for the filters and intake is well-done, then the Camaro intake or something else similar in design could probably be done, look good, and work well.

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