The problem I see with an S allthread fix is you may find your air hat will not seal 100% and may come lose on you.

Is a very minimal if any increase in power worth getting dirty air down your intake?

I say make sure the air hat seals 100% and just cut out as much as you can.

I question if you get any benefit from this at all its more mind over matter you think it helps.... I think it runs better.

 

How do you figure the airhat wouldn't seal right anymore? Mine seals just fine.

 

I tried a mod like that in the past with poor results we tried all kinds of things and found the air hat leaked the S fix has an inherent flaw in that it tends to have pull more to one side depending on how much you tighten the wing nut.

It is a bent bolt after all

Its more a Z than an S

 

I used a thick o-ring and a washer to make sure the nut both seals at the top and puts even pressure on it. The air hat sits perfectly on the throttle body for me.

 

I can see what he's saying.. yeah I'm just going to do the basic mod on it (actually today) and leave the bracket factory (For now LOL)

 

So' i started at 11:00 its now 2:49 had to ride my bike (bicycle) to sears to getmore cutting disks. well I'm half way through cutting.. but im going to have alot to grind down. LOL (Cross fingers and say a few prayers..)

 

Lots of Chevys (including mine) use an S-shaped air cleaner stud. They work just fine. If it were offset 6" or something, I could see it being a problem, but the way it is, it doesn't make any difference.

 

Well.. I'm finished with mixed impression..

First here are the images; not quite like the original but i think it gets the job done just the same. First it's 88 and humid as all get up.. so not a fair test but not as 'pepy' however I noticed by the real time MPG at different speeds i was +3-4 reading.. so I call that an epic WOOT.

I drove around for a good while to see if it holds while the ECM adjusts its curve.. so far its holding strong.. I'll have to circle back around on this but if it truly holds 3-4 mpg gain.. I'm going to LULZ.. but to be honest I probably assume it will only be 1 mile or so difference if anything.. but lets see what happens.

I was quite intimidated by this project once i started.. but once i got going on it with some decent progress it was better. I messed up here or there but i think i got it ok. Good enough for me. I'm not trying to create a drag truck or nothing.


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This was cleaned 2 years ago....

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Cut the flange off.

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Looks great nice


Did you locktight the air hat bracket mounting bolt?


you may want to do that

 

Looking at the Pic you could have opened the side into that pocket just a little?


Smart thinking on the bracket I like it