403 LS2 FD - LS7 Build for 2020!

[mefarri]

If you're not using your samberg maf tube with the ls7 style maf I'll take it off your hands.

[MPbdy]

I don't have the aluminum tube from samberg. Working on doing my own.

[largeorangefont]

Stop the insanity. You will  be hard pressed to get there with a straight coupler off of the filter. You can try the Airaid U build it kits/components... something like this cut down.

http://autoplicity.com/7573656-airaid-100-306-u-build-it-kit?utm_source=GoogleShopping&utm_medium=CSE&utm_content=7573656NOFITMENT&utm_campaign=GSNOFITMENT&gclid=CLSI-smB4sICFc1AMgod2zYAtQ

If you are doing it out of aluminium You are going to need a 4 inch 90 degree rubber elbow and cut it down. Samberg machines the 90 degree rubber elbow down to decrease the angle to use a straight shot tube right to the throttle body. That is the probably the easiest way to clear the hood. He won't sell you the machined rubber elbow, I asked when I was building my intake. I borrowed someone's Samberg elbow and cut mine to match it for my intake.

That said if you want to borrow my elbow for reference, let me know.

[MPbdy]

I'm not sure that would help. I have the home depot plumbing couplers samberg supplies with the intake... I am converting to an ls7 maf

That might wind up working better though. Going to keep tweaking on this a little. Have some ways to gain some clearance. If it looks like shit I'll scrap it.

[largeorangefont]

I did a ninja edit there.

It has got to look something like this:

[MPbdy]

Cool I see what you're saying. The tube is pointing up a little right now off the throttle body. It'll come down some and I'm going to try and roll it flat on the top.

[largeorangefont]

Cool I see what you're saying. The tube is pointing up a little right now off the throttle body. It'll come down some and I'm going to try and roll it flat on the top.

Word. Anything pointing up is bad. You might be able to get there by taking wedge cuts out of the filter side of your pipe to bring it down. I suspect the pipe may have too much angle in it, but again I am not an FD expert.

[LSXREX]

Judging by your attention to detail and fab skill why couldn't you just cut a flat spot into the bend section and weld on a flat piece of metal. I'm sure it wouldn't obstruct flow enough to be considered an obstruction with an NA motor. A
4" can move a lot of air

[MPbdy]

So LOF I think by looking at your picture you have a lot more distance between the filter and the TB in your car than what the Samberg setup is like.  I think that's why you can have such a straight shot between the two.

LSrex that's kind of the direction I was thinking of going, but more by flattening it instead of cutting and welding.  Also, thanks

I've just never seen the hood anywhere near installed on the car so I had to ask haha.  Needs a lot of love before it's going to fit...

[paul_3rdgen]

It's going to look like this when your done... I  tried to get the Samberg elbow to work, no luck... Hard to tell in the second pic but the elbow was about 3/4" to high

[mefarri]

So the Samberg elbow didn't work with the samberg radiator setup?

[paul_3rdgen]

^ nope.  Not even close. Maybe it was the fast 102 with NW tb, not sure so I used some straight 4" aluminum thin wall pipe and a rubber 90 degree coupler. 

[largeorangefont]

The 102 intake and TB sticks out further than an LS3 intake with stock TB doesn't it?

I noticed that my FAST 90 and 90mm Holley TB sit further forward close to 3/4 inch compared to an LS6 intake and stock TB.

[MPbdy]

Edit - nevermind.

[MPbdy]

Currently my pcm is in about a 5 second reboot loop. I can connect to it on the scanner and then I hear the RLO solenoid click and it loses its connection in hptuners.

Thoughts?