1988CamaroSC

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i have the stock air cleaner on the car right now and the stock flat hood, IMO the stock air cleaner looks hideous with the plastic crap running to the front of the car, but im thinking with the stock flat hood, an open element air cleaner right on the tbi would hinder peformance purely sucking in hot engine air, i would be forced to think the only way to make use of an open element and gain from it would be cowl or ram air no?

OddJack

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I am going with dual snorkel, making my own. Pictures soon.

Hey that's nice pic!

bluers91

Open element all the way. Far superior than stock even with some hot air. The stock one heats up with the thermac anyway and closes the air off until hot. Its one of the cheapest and easiest mods. You can hear and feel the difference.

UnderCover89TBI

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if you had to choose between enough air or lack of air you take enough air. cold air is a bonus. a lot of people have made cold air induction setups. thier are a lot of threads on here about that use the search feature and you'll see some creative setups.

1988CamaroSC

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i was thinking of the open element, then cutting the stock hood and mounting in the trans am and gta style front hood vents for functional air flow...?

1988CamaroSC

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thanks, be even nice when those hideous wheels are bye bye

Carlos773

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Go Dual snorkel.

Kwijybow

I found a single snorkle CAI by a brand called Spectre that worked out great for me. I custom made my CAI from thier parts and it works great, I have it running from the carb to behind the left head light, capped with a K&N cone filter and it gave noticable power gains.

jordanandrewkay

bahahah all i did was take the spectre filter and attach it to the stock routing.
i figured its sitting in the same spot. so no hotter air than before. looks cool. i took out that little plate that mounts my charcoal canister and filter box. then secured the charcoal canister to the metal under that. (to allow room for filter as it is bigger than the box)
wish i had pics.
but def recommend open element. gta hood vents are only open to inside of hood not underside, but thats my next endeavor making the GTA hood (more)functional. actually been done too. and yes there is a thread on it...

1988CamaroSC

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yeah thats what i mean, taking my stock flat hood, cutting it out for the gta vents, maybe a touch farther up the hood so they supply cool air to the element. i see water intrusion being an issue at highway speeds but then again the car doesnt drive in rain unless i get stuck in it

jordanandrewkay

see i have always wondered about that (water) with 4th gen T/A's i have never really studied one. but the guy that cut out his framing under the vents IIRC just used a 4th gen Ram Air filter box and ran routing to his TB. (TPI, but same general idea)
and ditto about the water thing....but i seem to get caught in it alot lol. then again it can be sunny here then drive into houston (bout 30 min south) and it be pouring...so better safe than sorry.

kkingsrulee

I created my own large 4" diameter intake to the headlight like someone else posted on here.

It didn't do ****.

I will probably get an open element air filter just because my set up looks lame.

Caveman305

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buy a functional Power buldge hood from an LG4 Trans Am