Intake pipe for Vortech supercharger

[5.0Shocker]

Here's mine. Details in an upcoming thread.

Thats sweet

 

[Rogercharger]

Intake

There is a company called www.siliconeintakes.com that sells silicone hose and joiners. All you need to make an intake is 1- 4inch 90, 1-4 inch 45, 1- 4 inch joiner, and 4 T clamps. Price is around 60 dollars. You will need to convert to blow though mass air. and convert to vent to atmosphere blow off. Tune needed to get the most out of the change.

 

[5.0Shocker]

I was on Andersons site and bigray327's intake kinda looks like the AFM Procharger pipe flipped. Its $189

 

[bigray327]

There is a company called www.siliconeintakes.com that sells silicone hose and joiners. All you need to make an intake is 1- 4inch 90, 1-4 inch 45, 1- 4 inch joiner, and 4 T clamps. Price is around 60 dollars. You will need to convert to blow though mass air. and convert to vent to atmosphere blow off. Tune needed to get the most out of the change.

That's where I got my 90... one of the very few places these days that actually have a 3.5" to 4" 90 degree elbow in stock. The 4" 90 in your list above needs to be 3.5" on one side and 4" on the other, since the Vortech inlet is 3.5".

 

[TonyN]

Cool thread! My Paxton 2200 has a 4" inlet compared to the 3.5 of the vortech/1200... right? As of right now I can't make any more power than I already have. But when I build a motor I'm sure I will have some form of power pipe with a blow thru setup to go in. Setups look great fellas.

Greg, I assume this is where you already got the "mod bug" for a power pipe.

 

[bigray327]

By the way, I'm using mine without the shield. The 90 keeps the pipe in place nicely, so it doesn't hit anything. The only down side is that it rubs against the radiator cover, so I encourage you guys to consider that when making your measurements.

 

[TonyN]

By the way, I'm using mine without the shield. The 90 keeps the pipe in place nicely, so it doesn't hit anything. The only down side is that it rubs against the radiator cover, so I encourage you guys to consider that when making your measurements.

Can't you trim the radiator cover or does it still rub with trimming?

 

[bigray327]

Can't you trim the radiator cover or does it still rub with trimming?

It's a painted cover, so I don't really want to do that. I will probably have to, though, since I can't take anything off the 90. Yet another thing on my to-do list.

 

[white05gt]

Got it...I need a draw through setup...sigh....

You have a draw through, you need a blow through setup for this kind of setup.

 

[TonyN]

It's a painted cover, so I don't really want to do that. I will probably have to, though, since I can't take anything off the 90. Yet another thing on my to-do list.

Oh I gotcha! You have a built motor right?

 

[bigray327]

Oh I gotcha! You have a built motor right?

Built short block, 9.0 CR. Stock heads, for now. That's my next project, after this one. This one is the perfect lead-in to a P&P job, IMHO.

 

[TonyN]

Cool stuff, I am jealous...lol

Sounds like you may max out the Vortech at some point and time with P&P heads/cams & maybe some more boost.

 

[bigray327]

Yeah, I'm close. It's hard to tell how much power this setup can make right now, since it's so freaking hot here. My car made 555 rwhp during the winter BEFORE this mod, and made 515 rwhp this morning because it was over 100 degrees at the shop. This combo should be enough to get me in the 10s, and that's all I really care about.

Re: the engine, it was NOT an easy process, but it's done. If I could go back in time, I would buy a 302 stroker from Livernois and bypass the local builders. Lesson learned for me, since I had a bad experience, your mileage may vary.

 

[JeremyH]

So the naderson or yalls own setups are converting to blowthru. I have seen where the maf is being placed on the air to air setup, but what about maf placement on the charge cooler setup.

 

[Greg Hazlett]

You have a draw through, you need a blow through setup for this kind of setup.

Thought that is what I said..?

What are the benefits of a blow thru vice draw thru?

 

[Greg Hazlett]

Wonder if I could just get the Power pipe and use my stock MAF/housing?

 

[Greg Hazlett]

Cool thread! My Paxton 2200 has a 4" inlet compared to the 3.5 of the vortech/1200... right? As of right now I can't make any more power than I already have. But when I build a motor I'm sure I will have some form of power pipe with a blow thru setup to go in. Setups look great fellas.

Greg, I assume this is where you already got the "mod bug" for a power pipe.

You think?

 

[07 s197]

Wonder if I could just get the Power pipe and use my stock MAF/housing?

You can, but since it will still be draw thru you need to make connections in the power pipe to attach the hoses for the bov

 

[bigray327]

Wonder if I could just get the Power pipe and use my stock MAF/housing?

AFM makes their product with MAFs built in. Getcha one of those if you really want to do this.

I wouldn't, though. I'd wait until you're ready to do heads and cams, because I don't think you'll see much gain with just the pipe. I have not been able to compare apples to apples yet, due to it being hotter than hell in Texas, but the one car that I know of that made real gains (50+ rwhp) had ported heads, cams, etc.

 

[Greg Hazlett]

You can, but since it will still be draw thru you need to make connections in the power pipe to attach the hoses for the bov

Good point...