Spectre Performance / new products for 1st gen camaro's

[chevyhector]

Hey All, Check out Medusa, she is on loan to Spectre Performance for R&D for new cold air intakes !

read the blog !

http://www.motorator.com/blog/gm/spe...o-cold-air-kit



Thanks for the props !
Hec

[6D9]

Looks great! Sent ya a PM....

[AALynch]

Looks great...I wonder if they will sell just the close-off piece that seperates the engine bay from the filter - I would like that for my LS1 intake set-up to filter out more hot air?

[GM Muscle]

That block off piece could be fabbed very easily. Just make it out of posterboard first then build it from some sheet aluminum. If you don't have the metal skills I'm sure a local machine shop could build it for next to nothing since it's a relatively simple peice.

The whole setup is a pretty cool idea tho

[evilzee28]

Have you ever felt the heat under a hood when the engines running & the hood is closed?? if you ever get the opportunity to have the car up on a ramp with the engine up to temerature you'll find that the air from the engine bay is very hot. Just by putting a shroud in the way of the airfilters isn't going to give the engine the nice cool air that it really needs, why do you think race cars seal off any heat to the carbs to get "cold air induction" from outside the engine bay??

Far better to seal the carb base form the engine compartment so's it can only breath air from outside. I'd be interested to see a comparison test between this & a genuine cowl induction set up to see how much horsepower difference there really is.

cheers...Nige

[XcYZ]

Did you try different hats? That one looks like it would hurt performance.

[Josh69]

Originally Posted by evilzee28

Have you ever felt the heat under a hood when the engines running & the hood is closed?? if you ever get the opportunity to have the car up on a ramp with the engine up to temerature you'll find that the air from the engine bay is very hot. Just by putting a shroud in the way of the airfilters isn't going to give the engine the nice cool air that it really needs, why do you think race cars seal off any heat to the carbs to get "cold air induction" from outside the engine bay??

Far better to seal the carb base form the engine compartment so's it can only breath air from outside. I'd be interested to see a comparison test between this & a genuine cowl induction set up to see how much horsepower difference there really is.

cheers...Nige

If it effectively seals to the hood, then it appears that the air cleaner will draw from the large opening between the radiator support and front fender which is open to the front of the car. So in essence, it'll be pulling cold air from the grille ahead of the radiator.

We used to run these style of cold air kits on BMW's. They draw from a tube below the front bumper. Similar idea. I'm surprised nobody has done it yet.

Cowl style cold air induction is great, problem is usually the expense, cutting holes, sealing the shroud to the hood, etc.

If this kit is reasonably priced, it would be effective if the hat doesn't impede flow. But, looking at their other cold air kits, they'll want $400 for it then it's not so appealing.

[732ndgen]

dou you know if you can apply boost to these

[Vegas69]

I'll take the power loss, that setup isn't talking to me at all. That's function over form in the dictionary.

[chevyhector]

Hey Vegas,

That’s gonna be your new nick name "FOF" (function over form) what does that even mean in this situation ??? It does gain HP, it DOES allow C O L D - A I R into the engine ! But that's ok, my 40+ hp gain will keep you in the rear view mirror J/K ! All in fun right !?!?!

Originally Posted by Vegas69

I'll take the power loss, that setup isn't talking to me at all. That's function over form in the dictionary.