Thread: before and after intake pics! and vids!

ok so after some debating on here today i decided to ditch the 3" pvc intake tube and stock rubber elbow that has the bellows in it, and just go open cone off the tb:

here is before :




and here is the mid way point



i took the car for a drive and it felt slower and didnt seem to sound the same, so i came back to the house poped the hood and saw the intake just laying in the engine bay with the iat sensor just dangeling in the wind lol..... and heres what caused that to happen



K&N filter Fail!... so it made sense why the car seemed to feel slugish and not as quick. so went to autozone but a new filter and used a 3 to 4 inch intake coupler that i had and here is the final result



took the car for a drive and it seems to pull a little harder in the higer rpms. i think its safe to say there is more airflow and that this is the better choice

little partial throtle pulls, sorry for the vid quality my evo takes better quality during the day lol....

YouTube - Trying out my new intake on my impala ss

nothing to exciting but hey i chirped second haha

Dis gai like dis thred

mucho appreciato...!

good job guy. looks like we learned something today...

btw...I do dig that weight reduction K&N filter you got there...thats the reason why I never bought one again and kept sticking with AZ Spectre 9" filters...cheap...effective...gets the damn job done.

yea i know right, who would have guessed that the expensive K&N one would be such fail

yay chirped second barely

Originally Posted by redlinepontiac

yay chirped second barely

Yea , but it was sweet right LOL..once I get some more power and replace my garbage mounts maybe it will be more of a spin than chirp

Nice i wanna see more vids and pics of ya car just because its an impala also lol. I also subscribed to you. Here's my engine bay pic.



I noticed you have your headers wrapped. Are there better gains by doing so? And what did you use and where can i get it?

He just wrapped the crossover because it is under the TB.

and I like your useless Wizaird box you got there

Lmao here we go. But yes only my crossover pipe is wrapped, you can get it at Autozone,pepboys,advance auto etc. And I have a lot more pics and Vids, ill post em up when I get home later

HAHA The box is useless? Does wrapping the crossover really reduce heat from the TB? I wanna do it if it does or should i just wrap the whole headers? I replaced my intake pipe also because the cheap dryer tube that came with it was so flimzy and deteriorated over time. I need to replace my filter also lls ive had the same for for like a year.

Do not wrap the headers just to the cross over pipe, and yes it does make a difference. And if you want just do a intake similar to mine and sell your old one lol

cool i will only do the cross over pipe.

What did you use to hold the wrappers tight in place after wrapping?

Never mind im gonna use a small clamp.

Yea I used two small clamps from Autozone