Spectre Cold Air Intake

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I've always wanted a dual snorkel air intake on my '69 Camaro.
So , recently I installed one of Spectre Performance's kits (pn-900272) .

Here's a pic of my engine bay before the install.
My engine bay is a bit cluttered , but functional.
Note that I had to relocate the battery to the trunk.


Here's the Spectre kit , laid out on the ground.


The kit came with instructions, but I had to figure out how to fit the pieces at the air filters together. Note how they are arranged.


I had to cut the air cleaner stud to make the Spectre plenum fit.
It's a simple process of a mark with a magic marker and cutting with a cut-off tool. (I did that on a workbench in a vice , not on the car . You don't want metal shavings in the carb )



Also , the only other wierd pieces that I had to find a place for was these big rubber grommets.

They fit in the block-off panels up front and the air intake tubes go through them.



Another little modification I had to do was , I cut a notch out of the block-off panels in the areas where they laid on top of the wiring harnesses on each side.
Some cars won't need to do this because they have a much cleaner engine bay with less wiring in the way..




I like a fully functional PCV system , so I also added a hole to the plenum to plumb the PCV "closure" hose or fresh-air hose to the plenum , just like the factory does it. I just think it works better this way ..



Last but not least , my car has a coolant overflow container mounted on the firewall. The overflow hose coming off of the radiator ran right into the block-off panel on the passenger side.

So , I drilled a hole through the panel and put a rubber grommet in it to run the hose through.

I marked the hole using a straight pin (a nail)

and drilled it with a hole saw.


Here's a photo of the finished product.


Overall , the Spectre Dual Snorkel Air Intake was easy to install.
It was very straight forward. It fit together like a puzzle.



My car runs a lot better with the cold air coming in !!

And the engine bay looks a lot better !!