FREE Intake mod - Page 2

bobz74 · #16 (**permalink**) 03-27-09, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by leija_01

just took mine out yesterday! i'll post pictures later today!

Thanks Leija!!!!! Looking forward to your pictures, planning on doing mine within next week!

And a big THANKS to OP for starting this thread! Really looking forward to hear the whine a little more over stock!!!

LITTLEELVISDAN · #17 (**permalink**) 03-27-09, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by bobz74

Thanks Leija!!!!! Looking forward to your pictures, planning on doing mine within next week!

And a big THANKS to OP for starting this thread! Really looking forward to hear the whine a little more over stock!!!

You're welcome, I do what I can to help, but why ya callin me OP?

LITTLEELVISDAN · #18 (**permalink**) 03-27-09, 07:42 PM

I have been called OB (Old Balls) but OP damn that's harsh..... :-)

LITTLEELVISDAN · #19 (**permalink**) 03-27-09, 08:05 PM

Pics of barrells removed...

bobz74 · #20 (**permalink**) 03-28-09, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by LITTLEELVISDAN

I have been called OB (Old Balls) but OP damn that's harsh..... :-)

LOL!!!! You should here what my wife calls me!!! Sometimes I think the devil enters her body! Guess he does it called PMS!!!

CIWS · #21 (**permalink**) 03-28-09, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by LITTLEELVISDAN

Pics of barrells removed...

Excellent, always like pics and/or video

VineTime · #22 (**permalink**) 03-29-09, 03:13 AM

Can you post intructions on how to do this? And is there an easy way to get the engine cover off?

johnb21 · #23 (**permalink**) 03-29-09, 09:46 AM

well, I tried the mod as well..the only thing I did different is that I used thin duct tape and wrapped the baffle and put them back into the intake.
Yes, Dan I had to force them in....with a mallet.
You definitely can heard the supercharger whine under full accel.

bobz74 · #24 (**permalink**) 03-29-09, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by johnb21

well, I tried the mod as well..the only thing I did different is that I used thin duct tape and wrapped the baffle and put them back into the intake.
Yes, Dan I had to force them in....with a mallet.
You definitely can heard the supercharger whine under full accel.

I would advise against any material, like duct tape, inside the intake. It will eventually break down and guess where it will go when it does? Just looking trying to look out....

leija_01 · #25 (**permalink**) 03-30-09, 12:14 PM

I agree to the previous post.

WillySTS · #26 (**permalink**) 03-30-09, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by bobz74

I would advise against any material, like duct tape, inside the intake. It will eventually break down and guess where it will go when it does? Just looking trying to look out....

Tru Dat!

LITTLEELVISDAN · #27 (**permalink**) 03-30-09, 02:08 PM

WAIT... you should get a little gain out of the mod... Diameter of the intake is increased by the wall thickness of the barrells removed X2 = 1/4 inch (yes I measured it)...

harrysstsv · #28 (**permalink**) 03-30-09, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by LITTLEELVISDAN

WAIT... you should get a little gain out of the mod... Diameter of the intake is increased by the wall thickness of the barrells removed X2 = 1/4 inch (yes I measured it)...

Thank you for the PM you have send me. I try to answer your PM but it`s blocked and that`s the reason why I don`t visit this forum very often.
I`m doing just great and love my STS V even without mods. Since the 13 months I own my car no Mercedes, BMW or Audi past me on the Autobahn.
Avg fuel consumption is around 15 mpg, on hard Autobahn rides I get it down to about 12 mpg.
The vibration rattling noise on the passenger side, you might remember my post was the speaker on the back in the center console. No more noises anywhere beside the soft whinning of the SC when push the pedal hard.

Again, I love my V but the gas tank could be a little bigger and that`s the only thing what could be better.

Harry

Gusteve · #29 (**permalink**) 04-04-09, 01:48 PM

OK! Did this mod last night. I like it. A little more whine and a more throaty sound when you put your foot in it.

I took pics all along the way, and if any one is interested I'll throw them up on photobucked or facebook or something.

I really wanted to replace the tubes with something that did not have holes. I figured it would be better have a pure straight through pipe, and eliminate any turbulance caused buy the expanded area of the intake where the plastic tubes go in. I went to the hard store hoping to find PVC pipe the right size, but now go.

So I'd been staring at the plastic tubes all morning, trying to figure out why they looked so familiar. (Kinda like Richard Dreyfuss staring at mashed potatoes in Close Encounters...) Then it hit me: PAINTBALL.

I used to play paintball and the intake tubes looked just like the plastic tubes we'd use to carry spare paintballs in a belt holster on the field. See the pic below - it looks like its almost the perfect size. Unfortunately, I have the intake all re-assembled and really don't want to pull it back out to test it.

Or maybe I'm just being anal and a straight through pipe really wouldn't make any difference.......

bobz74 · #30 (**permalink**) 04-04-09, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Gusteve

I took pics all along the way, and if any one is interested I'll throw them up on photobucked or facebook or something.

Post pics here, no one has posted them yet. This would be a great place for them..

I personally feel the tubes were put there by GM for noise reduction on a high end car! I would not look to replace them with anything. IMHO