180° Elbow Air Conduct from AirBox to throttle sought

[lvjost]

Hi Guys,

We wanted to build a ram air box placed on the top of my LS6, quite similar to www.perfectpowerusa.com/Ultima/TTeng1.JPG. To close the gap between box and throttle I wanted a 180° Elbow. Problem is that there´s no place in height at all so it has to be the smallest 180° elbow in height as possible meaning the "inlet" has to be right beside the "outlet" with least space between them. Does anyone know a supplier for elbows suitable for that purpose (diameter should be bewteen 94mm and 98mm)or another solution for that issue ?

Thanks for your help.

Lutz, Germany
GTR, LS6

[crafty]

Hey Lutz,

Stop stealing my ideas.... Ive got a box like that underway for my car.

I dont think you'll find an alloy one that is tight enough in round. You'll need to fab it from straight.

[lvjost]

Didn´t mean to steal anything...By the way talking of stealing...isn´t it rather quite common that german things are "rev-engineered " (=copied) in china, "Hong-Kong"-Crafty :-)

To be serious I didn´t get your reply fully...What do you mean with "underway for..." did you let one be made for you...did you order one somewhere ? Where did you get the box from...and how do you connect it to your throttle ?

Any hint would be very nice and is concerned strictly confidential (beside the fact, that this is a public forum)...

Lutz

[crafty]

I have a mate fabricating for me.... the guy that did the exhaust.

[jschwartz]

We had a 180 degree pipe for an air inlet on a procharged 540bbc
Cost it 40 hp on the dyno, vs. no 180 bend

[lvjost]

hey jeff...
i do believe what you say...but what other options do I have ? Moving the throttle ? If you´d have any recommendations I´ll be very keen on reading them ! I know, a 180 degr. bend isn´t good in terms of flow at all, but at least we plan to include air guide plates to decrease turbulences within the air conduction... You got pics of other alternatives ?

Thanks Lutz

[crafty]

lvjost said:

hey jeff...
i do believe what you say...but what other options do I have ? Moving the throttle ? If you´d have any recommendations I´ll be very keen on reading them ! I know, a 180 degr. bend isn´t good in terms of flow at all, but at least we plan to include air guide plates to decrease turbulences within the air conduction... You got pics of other alternatives ?

Thanks Lutz

Im doing it like Jeffs was before the TT.... basically a box that goes around the air filter. Jeff put a panel inside his scoop and a box around the filter so that the scoop would direct air into the box.

My box and scoop will stay on the engine.