Now I've been doing my research and I'm getting a bit confused. On my '85 Z28 305 TPI, gutting the air boxes consists of what? I know under my filters there are little blast sheild things. Are those what I cut out? Or do I cut holes on the sides near those sheilds?

If I cut the shields out, is that recommended for the rainy state of wa? Can water get up in there? I know Using the RAM AIR TPI setup, there is a possibility of rain causing some serious damage.

Thanks!

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'85 Z28 305 TPI. Edlebrock Strut Tower Brace. IROC wheels. Fog Lights. Upcoming mods: Headers to tail pipe performance. Rear shocks. Panhard Rod. Sway Bars. MSD. New Intake.

 

Ive cut all that out and rain hasent hurt my engine yet and i know 2 other people that has done this and theirs have been fine... RIght now you dont have a ram air set up, you just have gutted air boxes, i dont think it has much of a ram air effect until mabey you route some flexy hoses from the filters directly to a direct air source, the best place to do this would be to remove your fog lights which is the main reason i havent done this yet, or somehow rig the hoses up under the front spoiler. Hope this helps, ill look for a link with a Map of how to make a home made ram air....
But to answer your question gutting the airbox is sawing all that box out under the filters.

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1991 Z28 Camaro L98
5.7L T.P.I
Blk ext/grey lthr int
http://www.fbody.com/members/KamaroZ350/
http://www.IROC-Z.org/3rdgen/BandetZ28-2-resized.jpg

[This message has been edited by KamaroZ350 (edited January 16, 2001).]

 

here ya go. As you can see this is Homemade, so ya know theirs 100 ways to make this work...
http://thirdgen.bawx.org/ramair.html

 

Rednek: You may want to use flex hosing mounted underneath the car, and route it up the fender towards your airbox. If you are worried about rain.. Point it towards your airbox, but don't connect it.

Yes rain can do serious damage and I've seen it happen before to a low mileage IROC.

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91 Formula
305 TPI 5speed
1LE/G92/WS6
K&N, SLP airfoil, ported/polished plenum, March pulleys, TB coolant bypass,Crane AFPR(47psi),Crane Gold 1.6rrs,MSD coil,MSD6AL, Holley 9mm wires, fastchip, Bosch O2sensor, SLP headers & catback,3:73s w/Auburn posi,160* t-stat,JET 195* fan switch, Macewen white face gauges, Autometer gauges, Zoom hi-performance clutch.

[This message has been edited by theformula (edited January 16, 2001).]