Home made air intake for '96-'99 Vortec trucks.

[CKTA]

Nice and stealthy!

[BILLSONG]

What are the benifit of this. Beside what about the ram air that the stock came with. Beside the design for a reason. BYW its a creative idea.

[CKTA]

Originally Posted by BILLSONG

What are the benifit of this. .

More air.

More air = More power and no high RPM bogg/lag like stock.

Cold air fom the outside would help some more and could be done w/ a shield and hacking the inner fender for some ducting, but I did'nt want to up the inner fenders for a couple extra HP.

BTW, I'm sure other will chime in, but the best thing I noticed w/ this was the no more upper RPM bogg. It's smooth all the way 'til redline.

[Kruznlow69]

is there a 90degree elbow out there to be bought cheap to come off the throttle body, then whatever tubing to the MAF then custom ducting to filter.. need to totally re-route air intake and was curious, also is there a gain besides noise from removing the vortec silencer box? thanks

[juztyn]

I noticed a slight bit more pep when I took the silencer off. YMMV though. Go to walmart and steal the lid off a spray paint can (I used low gloss engine paint, matches rest of the system and looks stock). Take the silencer off, put the lid over it. If you like it keep if not take it off. Easy.

[XXL]

Originally Posted by juztyn

I noticed a slight bit more pep when I took the silencer off. YMMV though. Go to walmart and steal the lid off a spray paint can (I used low gloss engine paint, matches rest of the system and looks stock). Take the silencer off, put the lid over it. If you like it keep if not take it off. Easy.

Still running this way after a year ;) Mine says "Satin Black" on it

[juztyn]

Low Gloss Black gives you more power

[XXL]

Originally Posted by juztyn

Low Gloss Black gives you more power

Yeah, but my truck's a bit of a sleeper. I didn't want to scare off would-be racers when they saw gloss.

[98350ss]

Nice mod *bump*

[scrammersam]

will i notice any difference mentionable. i have the k&n in the stock box. pulls good. took the lid off the box got more pull and a louder engine ....so is this going to make much more of a difference. btw without having filter in the air box yall clean your filter more often dontcha. cuz you will gain back your 850hp with it clean again

[N0DIH]

Has anyone come up with a version that works on the 454 that looks good? The intake between the MAF and the TB is pretty twisty.

[scrammersam]

no one knows if this is gunna help me

[CKTA]

Originally Posted by scrammersam

no one knows if this is gunna help me

It will be a little better then the 1/2 a box you have now. It's a straighter flowing set-up this way. That factory 90 kills the flow IMHO.

[scrammersam]

Originally Posted by CKTA

It will be a little better then the 1/2 a box you have now. It's a straighter flowing set-up this way. That factory 90 kills the flow IMHO.

thanks. would you suggest doin the corigated piece after the maf

[NacIK]

I was wondering if my intake was an aftermarket kit. I have never seen them on another truck, unless it is the intake for the hoes. I took off the Vortech box and cut off some of the box inbetween the air filter and the finder hole. I does sound nice however and picks up quite well.

[dalejrfan8]

^^^ That kinda looks like a Tru Flow style intake but im almost positvie its not...... I did the sliencer removal thing and it made my truck a little louder. Maybe a slight increase in power and mpg but nothing spectacular.

[NacIK]

I agree, not much of a power difference, but it does help out though when you are towing. The trans down-shifts less.

[evildick1]

Anyone know of a non-ghetto way to remove the vortec silencer box and plug it?

I just installed an AEM brute force intake and it isn't as loud as I had hoped, although I can hear a bit of difference at WOT.

Was hoping if I got rid of the silencer box it might sound better.

[96thebossgrnchv]

try the "search" option

[evildick1]

Originally Posted by 96thebossgrnchv

try the "search" option

I did, but the best I could find was a pickle jar lid painted black.