ive noticed a lot of peolple change their intake elbow, now is that for just looks or do you actully gain power from it, and if this is so what are some good intake elbows

 

The stock elbow comes with a cone on it to keep the nosie level down. So a lot of people are switching them out for look and some gain due to air flow design such as 1LE elbow (oem style), or nice fancy looking one such as trick flow, vortech.

 

The biggest reason you get one is your stock one rips and you need a replacement, also it gets that donky-dong out of your way underneath the car so you can get at stuff easier later on.

 

There is not much, if any, gain from changing the elbow. People mostly change it because theirs is torn.

 

Howdy,
I changed mine because it tore. I used the 1LE elbow from Sam Taylor Buick in Florida. If I had know it was gonna make it sound better, I would've done it sooner. People swear I have an aftermarket exhaust, but it's the original.

 

Where is the best place to get one of these?

 

...a different exhaust note from an intake elbow change...

 

lol man and i wasted 1500 on headers and a 3" exhaust and i could have got it with a 50 intake elbow..........geez.

I think he must mean it makes the intake noise go up.

 

I used the alternative, very inexpensive, method and removed the donkey-dong and inserted the cap from Pert Plus shampoo. Sounds hokey but it actually works. Next time I have the elbow off I will take some pictures. There are a couple cz28 users that made their plug and did an excellent job. Now if they would make more of them and sell them for $5 to ther cz28 users

 

I got my Trick flow elbow from summitracing.com. I got it mostly for looks (and it looks way, way better), but it also gets rid of the donkey dick and is a straight through design (although I doubt it would add more than 1 hp tops ) Bottom line, if you have the money and care about looks then I suggest the trick flow....if not then get the 1le elbow which is a lil cheaper, or just modify your stock one to get rid of the donkey dick.

 

I have the Trickflow Ceramic elbow and one other benefit of the cast aluminum is if I decide to spray using foger style nozzles it's sturdier than the 1le elbow.

 

Bumping this thread instead of starting a new one...

what's the best/cheapest place to get a 1LE elbow? need one for the engine I just bought. Thunderracing has them for $79

 

http://www.fbodyjunk.com/


Kyle is a good guy he'll hook you up. He'll beat any advertised price. With tax mine was under 70.

 

thanks, sent him an email

 

If I remember a dealer on ebay sell them.