Air intake
Melting Slicks
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From: Davie Florida
As mentioned above there are alot of choices. Do you want a cold air system or not? Probably the most popular cold air system is the Vararam, I have this system on my car and it works very well. The most popular non cold air system is probabily The Donaldson Blackwing. This is also a very good system but your engine breaths the hot air that is under your hood. The cooler the air the better your car performs.
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From: Surprise Az
Originally Posted by Mitch C
As mentioned above there are alot of choices. Do you want a cold air system or not? Probably the most popular cold air system is the Vararam, I have this system on my car and it works very well. The most popular non cold air system is probabily The Donaldson Blackwing. This is also a very good system but your engine breaths the hot air that is under your hood. The cooler the air the better your car performs.
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From: Fishing Somewhere Cold
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I have also heard the same but have never seen one myself so....However there are also the Halltech Stinger and TRAP systems which are both worth looking into. TRAP is a cold air and the Stinger is easily modified into a cold air system. (Dave68 Mod) It works great!
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From: San Diego CA
Originally Posted by Mitch C
As mentioned above there are alot of choices. Do you want a cold air system or not? Probably the most popular cold air system is the Vararam, I have this system on my car and it works very well. The most popular non cold air system is probabily The Donaldson Blackwing. This is also a very good system but your engine breaths the hot air that is under your hood. The cooler the air the better your car performs.
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The '98 air intake opening is so stingy that almost anything is an improvement. I got about 14hp by putting on an '02 Z06 airbox lid and you could feel it at WOT. Cheap, and keeps a stock appearance under the hood if that's important to you. Of course, you can spend $200+ for the other intakes mentioned above, maybe get a bit more (or not, who knows).
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From: Surprise Az
Originally Posted by allanlaw
The '98 air intake opening is so stingy that almost anything is an improvement. I got about 14hp by putting on an '02 Z06 airbox lid and you could feel it at WOT. Cheap, and keeps a stock appearance under the hood if that's important to you. Of course, you can spend $200+ for the other intakes mentioned above, maybe get a bit more (or not, who knows).
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From: Surprise Az
Originally Posted by rob&dalevance
I use the Helltech Stinger - R that i got from Nate at corvette Garage for 199$, I have put it on yet, but if you want ill let you know how it works when I do.