Free Horsepower??
10-02-2012, 09:32 PM
#13
yea. modify the opening to the airbox, i mentioned the coolant bypass, and descreening the MAF
the airbox thing is supposed to do a little bit. may help throttle response? idk. (helping the car breath anyway)
the bypass- i think it just help some of the fluid flow a little more efficiently,
Descreening MAF- also supposed to help with the incoming air but i dont believe it does jack ****, and as far as im concerned it just lets dirt and debris into the engine so its dumb.
**Note- i havent done any of these "mods" and i dont believe much, if any
power is gained from them. So dont jump on me
but of course there are some people who probably, like your friend
(not trying to be offensive) that may beleive that they do make a significant difference.
10-02-2012, 10:01 PM
#14
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Sounds like what the W-Body guys do. GM loves restrictive air boxes, so on those cars you can cut out the part that sits behind the headlight to expose the filter to more air. Also there's a plug one can buy for the throttle body coolant passage to keep intake temps down. Alot of guys also run a cooler thermostat. Must be a GM thing because I owned a few before switching to Ford and in my opinion Ford engineers seem to put more thought into the design.
10-02-2012, 10:34 PM
#15
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Sounds like what the W-Body guys do. GM loves restrictive air boxes, so on those cars you can cut out the part that sits behind the headlight to expose the filter to more air. Also there's a plug one can buy for the throttle body coolant passage to keep intake temps down. Alot of guys also run a cooler thermostat. Must be a GM thing because I owned a few before switching to Ford and in my opinion Ford engineers seem to put more thought into the design.
10-02-2012, 10:35 PM
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yea. modify the opening to the airbox, i mentioned the coolant bypass, and descreening the MAF
the airbox thing is supposed to do a little bit. may help throttle response? idk. (helping the car breath anyway)
the bypass- i think it just help some of the fluid flow a little more efficiently,
Descreening MAF- also supposed to help with the incoming air but i dont believe it does jack ****, and as far as im concerned it just lets dirt and debris into the engine so its dumb.
**Note- i havent done any of these "mods" and i dont believe much, if any
power is gained from them. So dont jump on me
but of course there are some people who probably, like your friend
(not trying to be offensive) that may beleive that they do make a significant difference.
the airbox thing is supposed to do a little bit. may help throttle response? idk. (helping the car breath anyway)
the bypass- i think it just help some of the fluid flow a little more efficiently,
Descreening MAF- also supposed to help with the incoming air but i dont believe it does jack ****, and as far as im concerned it just lets dirt and debris into the engine so its dumb.
**Note- i havent done any of these "mods" and i dont believe much, if any
power is gained from them. So dont jump on me
but of course there are some people who probably, like your friend
(not trying to be offensive) that may beleive that they do make a significant difference.
10-03-2012, 01:42 PM
#19
then again maybe there is, but hell i dont think you'd need one till you were making serious power.
if your friend has a 98 he should also go buy a ls6 intake. they became standard on the ls1 after 2000 i believe. they flow better. He does however have a slightly bigger cam than the 01-02 camaros.
