New to the forum - Intake question

[WINSTON]

Hello All,

Long time LS owner (3 years) and am finally beginning to do some mods rather than trade in the car. It has been too good to me to give it up and the design is classic.

I purchased the KKM Intake for my 2002 v6 from LSKoncepts a week ago. Does anyone know where I can purchase an aluminum intake tube, or even if they make one? The plastic tubing is still restrictive.

Thanks.

 

[Frogman]

Did you ask Ken at LSKoncepts about where you can get this tube?

I bet the man will be able to point you in the right direction. He's a vendor here, goes by LSKoncepts... I think.

 

[HyeLifeLS]

If I was you I would leave it alone. I had that on my LS before like twice. Gets noisy and not much more go.

 

[pektel]

He's a vendor here, goes by LSKoncepts... I think.

goes by GrayGhost1.

 

[KleenLS]

....hmmmmmmm....?

Well I dunno if mine is different because mine is a Gen II V6, but I love my custom intake I did. Sounds good, looks aight, and feels better with the power. hmmmmm........here r a few pix......

Way better than stock, and better than my 1st intake!^^^^

and this was my 1st intake:

I hope these pix help, and show u can do it! its not that hard! My next step is trying to make that whole tube a one piece (two piece min.) intake!!! Now that a little bit harder! LoL......L8rz!
-JJ

V6 Power!!!!:

 

[Frogman]

goes by GrayGhost1.

I stand corrected.

 

[WINSTON]

That is definately a clean intake. I want to get rid of the black plastic box that sits in the front and the air is diverted into (Forgive me I do not know what it is called, but I assume it makes it quiet). I wonder if I can just remove that and plug the hole? Just want the air to flow straight into the manifold rather than being diverted into that box.

I would think removing that box and plugging that hole would give the same effect as replacing the whole tube.

 

[PetesSweets86]

I love my V8 intake with the tube and KKM filter

took my 5-10mins total to install em

 

[Quik LS]

very, very little of the power increase from re-doing the intake is by replacing the tube - it's mostly filter flow + a little form a venturi (if you have one between the filter and tube).

The funny looking plastic appendages on the intake tube (called Helmholtz resonators) are there to cancel certain standing wave oscillations that form in the intake - each is tuned to a different frequency. This does smooth the airflow slightly but is mostly aimed at reducing noise. By removing them, or replacing it with a smoother tube, will increase the noise of the intake.

 

[WINSTON]

Thanks for the info...and saving me $$$ to do other things to the car