thought id post the pics we took (huge thanks to 89GTA, from fbodymessageboard.com, for the camera) here. forgive the dirty engine bay. it sat outside for most of the fall season and i havent got around to cleaning out the leaves, etc. that blew in under the cowl. also, i havent really had time to polish it, so it will look alot better in the summer:

its pretty straightforward. i use hood pins so the entire hood latch assembly was removed to make way for the 3" pipe going through it. it is covered by an aluminum shroud...




a shot of the shroud from behind, as well as the new griffin rad and spal 16" fan.



this is the upper intake piece, coming off the TB and encorperating the MAF.




heres a pic with the shroud removed. u can see a bit of the new rad mounts that were fabbed, as well as where the crossbar from the old rad cradle was cut and welded to accomodate the intake pipe.






a shot looking down into the opening under the shroud. u can see the rubber bushings that hold the lower intake piece firmly together, as well as the 3" cone filters that the pipe ends in:






a shot of the lower intake pipe taken off. everything is very easy to dismantle and reassemble making working on the engine very easy still.



anyway, u get the idea. i cant wait to see how cool that new rad keeps the motor. also, the intake sounds great (whistles like a blower when i rev it up! ), and i cant wait to see if it made any difference in terms of performance....

 

You might want to resize those pics. They are a little too big. I've been wating for 5 mins for the pics to load on my dial up and it still hasnt gotten done with the first pic yet.

 

ya sorry bout that


whats the quickest way to resize the pics?

 

darn thats an awesome piece!!

 

wow, that looks very nice! awesome job! Can you tell a difference? looks great!

 

Very very nice. Its good to see people step up and start making parts. Instead of relying on certain companies to make thier inferior crap.

 

wow, thanks guys. i just hope it performs as well as it looks...

 

Damn that looks sweet!

Good job! :hail:

 

wow, that's awesome!

 

thats a great idea, if i get a fuel injected car i might have to contact you to purchace one of those. but for now i love my carb.

 

your really f***ing lucky that those welds are nice....cause im on dialup and this page took me 45min to load. excellent job, but shrink it down some man geeze!

 

Looks good, even twenty minutes later.. j/k

You might need to size those pictures down and start a new post.

 

Very good job! Great custom fabrication work!