Hi! I am a new vette owner and I am adding some mods to it. I just purchase the Volant air intake from a previous corvette owner and would like some help on what I have to take off of the stock set up in order to install the new one? I am going in blind and don't want to screw anything up. Thanks for any help.

 

It's pretty self explanatory. I have an 04 with the twin cone volant and love it so far. My system came with everything in front of the throttle body(accordian duct, air bridge, filters, connectors) except a new Mass air flow sensor. It's just a matter of putting each component in the place of the factory equivalent one you took off. I bought my system brand new and it didn't come with directions that were of any use, but like I said it was easy to figure out. Sorry I don't have any pictures.

P.S. You might consider modifiying the fog light covers so cold air can enter the engine bay so you are not just sucking up hot engine air.

 

Thanks for the info! I will try it out.

 

If you run into trouble, I believe I have a stock airbox you could have....

 

1. Unbuckle the two straps and remove the air filter and plastic frame. You'll need to open the lid as far as you can to pull the air filter out.
2. Remove the air tube on the left side of the box. The ratchet-type clamp can be opened with a small screwdriver. It may help to twist it. Note: Tape it to the hose; otherwise, you may do what I did - allow the clamp to fall off the hose and down into the nose of the car - no fun to hunt it down. (Ispent at least 5 minutes trying to find the dang thing.) If you have a new airbox, you may need to remove the right angle tube connector in your airbox. For now, leave it in.
3. Disconnect the MAF Sensor connector. The way I did it was to lift the small tab and remove (by pulling) the light-colored latch piece. Now you can squeeze and remove the connector.
4. Loosen the clamp at the throttle body, which is the uppermost band clamp, not the one at the MAF - you can always disconnect that one after the entire assembly is removed (soon). Use a large blade screwdriver. Now pull the accordian hose off.
5. Pull up on the upper part of the intake assembly, first on one side, above the rubber push-lock rivet and then the other side. The entire upper section should now be loose.
6. Perform the same pull-disconnect routine with the lower rivets that are all the way at the lower-front of the air box. This is why I recommended removing the air filter first - so that you can see these "rivets". I found that it is easiest to face the front of the car and look down. You will see the rivets as you push the air box forward. You can also pull from the inside, but it is a bit of a stretch for those of us who are not 6'5.
7. Once you disconnect the lower part, you can now pull the entire assembly up and out. It helps to hold upper lid closed as you do this.
8.If you are replacing or modifying the lid, it will now disengage from the lower structure by just opening the lid 45 degrees or so. If replacing the OEM lid, be sure to remove the two rubber groomets that are in it and push them into the new lid.
When you are reinstalling in reverse order(Do NOT install the filter until the end; you will need to see that the lower rivits are in place.), aligning the airbox lower grommets with the rivets that are in the nose of the car, stand at the front of the car, looking down at the box. Center the box side-to-side with the nose of the car and reach down to feel where the airbox holes are. You will probably need to lift the airbox a bit. Once you think that the rivets are centered in the holes, look at the airbox holes from inside the engine bay to verify. Now either push from the inside or pull from the front of the car to "pop" the two rivets in place.
Hint: The accordian air bridge can be a pain to get back onto the throttlebody. You must make certain that the part of the opening that is out-of-sight is not getting pinched. If you can't slide it on, then this is probably the reason; keep squeezing and rotating and it will go on. I kinda reminds me of one of those wire-reinforced dryer hose.
Everything took me about an hour, only because this was my first dealing with the airbox and because I spent some extra time trying to find that hose clamp! I can probably do it again in 15 minutes.

 

Thanks Dave68! That was a "BIG" help!

 

I didn't know volant made a corvette intake. please post pics of the install if you don't mind.

 

Here's an old picture of mine when I had the Volant installed.

 

Eckler's has them in there catalog(2007) on page#91 or you can go www.Ecklers.com, if your interested in one.

 

ooo. nice looking twin cone.