L-88 cold air box
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Melting Slicks
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From: westmoreland N.H.
L-88 cold air box
does anyone know how to unbond a cold air box from a hood without wrecking the paint on the outside. i'd like to put a custom polished air cleaner on. underside paint can be redone. the air cleaner won't fit with air box in place..
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From: North Port, FL
Just took one off of my buddies 69 to re-position it for a better fit with the air cleaner. We ground off the excess glue around the edge then carfully worked it loose with a wood chisel. There was no damage to the air box or the hood. His was an aftermarket hood with the airbox allready installed. The bonding agent that had been used was fairly brittle so the air box broke free with out to much effort.
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St. Jude Donor '09
Originally Posted by ZL1powr
Just took one off of my buddies 69 to re-position it for a better fit with the air cleaner. We ground off the excess glue around the edge then carfully worked it loose with a wood chisel. There was no damage to the air box or the hood. His was an aftermarket hood with the airbox allready installed. The bonding agent that had been used was fairly brittle so the air box broke free with out to much effort.
I may need to do this to mine too.
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St. Jude Donor '09
Originally Posted by 1979toy
Why not just enlarge the hole and fit a an extended base to your chrome cleaner so that you still have the cold air function of the hood?
What he said.....
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St. Jude Donor '09
Originally Posted by 1979toy
Why not just enlarge the hole and fit a an extended base to your chrome cleaner so that you still have the cold air function of the hood?
Then you must "patch" the rear. At least in my case, the chamber need to move forward about 0.5"
I think it'd look Bubba'd.
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