Cold air intake....

[ryoken]

Here's my $4 solution:

Low Buck Dual Air Intake

hmmmmm, thats exactly what i'm about to do.. and the quick mock up i did showed the same concerns, mc and hose being short... i figured i could snake by the master, but the hose length concerns me... doesn't stretch out that far huh?

I'm wondering what a good duct to replace both sides might be.. i'm thinking anything from homo depot, etc might be on the thin, flimsy side....

I'm also thinking of sectioning the 2 air cleaners together to get a bigger filter in it.. but in my initial research, i couldn't find an app with the same diameter filter, yet taller... it isn't the same diameter as all the aftermarkets, tad bigger iirc....

it's on the backburner for now...

 

[littlejimmythatcould]

It wasn't too hard to make if you have the right tools. Me and some guys from work were bored one night.... If I did it again, I would have made a cowl hood scoop for the sake of it not looking so obnoxious. I don't have too hard of a time seeing you just have to learn where the front of your truck is at. I like the idea of running the dual inlet air pleneum, I think would work better than stock. I've also seen guys flip their air cleaner lid over and tighten it back down to let in more air don't know how well that works though.

 

[HarryH3]

ryoken, I've got another S-truck intake tube that's going under the knife, to be spliced into the "too short" side. Alas, after packing all my junk and moving it 900 miles, that tube is still in a box, somewhere in the garage.

 

[blazin_]

Wow, I knew I'd get an answer for this but, not the diversity. So whats the general consences: Cold Air or Leave it alone ???

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[dyeager535]

I doubt your going to get a general consensus, as you see from the posts there are a lot of opinions.

However, facts have already been posted. The stock TBI itself is a restriction. No matter how much air you try to get into it, IT is the restriction. Increase it's size, and air intake might help. Whether stock intake routing flows enough for the TBI, probably no hard data (flow tests) but I think anyone that looks at it will say that stock is pretty close to as much as the TBI will flow. Scientific eh?

I know that GM used a weird piece on the core support to get air from. I haven't seen enough of these trucks to see if that's standard, or just in some applications. Most carbed apps simply take air from the front of the core support, no other way for air to get in. So it is truly cold air. The last TBI truck I saw had openings BEHIND the core support as well as through the core support. (IIRC some diesels had those too) This obviously would not all be cold air, so theoretically not as good as the carb versions in that respect.

If yours is like the above one I described, if you can find a way to block off those other openings, then you have probably helped somewhat. At least enough to make you think that you've done some good. Not meant in a derogatory way, simply that you've attempted something and no clue if it actually does something beneficial. Theoretically yes, in practice?

 

[fireplug]

Build your own. These are expensive but a good start if you want something like that http://www.ramairbox.com/

I have one of these. Well built. Great, extremely knowledgeable guy.

For carb'd applications, he showed me all the research, and numbers, and there really is no question that a dual cold air intake benefits the motor.

This guy is a guru of sorts, written a couple of books re Chev motors and is known around town for his engine builds. Pretty low key, very upfront. He actually talked me out of buying a particular motor from him because he didn't think it fit my needs!

If anyone IS interested in this particular set up, let me know, I'll see if I can sweeten the deal.