WELL THE FIRST TIME STARTING IT UP AND FLOOR IT IT WILL BURN RUBBER BUT ONCE THE THE TEMP HAS RAISE IT FEELS SLOWER AND DOES NOT HAVE THAT GOOD OF ACCELARATION DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE THE PROBLEM OR IS THAT NORMAL IT IS 1989 CAMARO IROC-Z 350 TPI POSI 700R4 TRANNY AUTOMATIC

 

Yeah it got hot. Normal stuff. A cold air intake and a TB bypass will help alot with that.

 

plus either a 180 or 160 degree thermostsate and a jet fan switch helps too, it puts the fans on alot sooner than stock.. flush youre radiator lately??? fresh coolant and water always helps keep temps down. that new purple ice additive seems cool, maybe ill give it a shot. all cars slow down ounce hot.. stop and go sucks in these cars.. too much heat..

 

thanks i will do that i had a question buging my mind i heard to diffrent answers will the engine get damaged if you run the cooling system with 100% coolant no water

 

its summer u need water... guys used to run all water very little coolant and no stat at all in the summer... i never heard all coolant???maybe in winter months.. do a 50/50 and if u need to add ,just add water..best bet.. plus u need coolant so things like youre radiator and waterpump dont crap out on you.

 

yeah because right now im running it about 50/50 i was thinking of adding that additive that claims it keeps your engine cooler you think its any good and also i am not running a thermostat

 

All factory TPIs have cold air already. Cold air really means "outside" air, and not HOT UNDERHOOD air. All TPIs have air ducts that pull air from outside the engine bay.

 

should be.. royal purple products always work as advertised (usually) its worth a try.. i probably pick some up next time i go to the speed shop.

 

i think im going to go ahead and give it a try too so the tb bypass helps alot to

 

i guess kind of?????? so why does slp make that cai? in that case every car has cold air, because most filters are routed near incoming air.

 

I did the tb bypass and only noticed a slight increase in throttle responce and the car ran a little better. But im in the desert, :shrug: it gets hot here anyway. But it sure couldnt hurt, unless you live in the fridged north and need it to heat the car on cold starts.

 

im going to go ahead and try it im in southern cali never cold here

 

2 reasons, first, because the firebirds intake is a little restrictive. The SLP CAI flow better than stock. Technically both factory and SLP intakes are CAI. Second reason is because SLP knows people will buy it.

At the end of the day there's no magic that happens inside that hunk of plastic. If the airflow is NOT coming from under the hood, which nowadays most EFI cars are not, then technically they're already "cold air". But none the less, gimmics make money. Now I'm not saying that some aftermarket "cold air" intakes don't FLOW better than stock, but it's typically not air temp that's causing you to see a gain.