Intake coupler

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I was wondering what parts I need to replace the ugly accordion piece from the z-tube to my stillen box.
I am ordering a 4" ID and 4" long piece of intake tubing on ebay. I was debating on which coupler I should get. I was thinking from the TB I will use a straight Silicone coupler, z-tube to new tube I could use a coupler w/ hump.

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what do you guys think? I know it must have been talked about, but I always see the ugly accordion piece on everyone's rides

here is GTO-Dave for example. . . very nice engine bay (imo needs a CF Z cover:top:) , ugly accordion piece.

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The 'ol sin city mod. Havnt heard that one in a while :rolleyes:
I remember when that was all anyone ever talked about. Guess weve learned to mod more stuff over time.
 
I actually think the accordian hose looks better than the sincity mod, looks cleaner the Dave way.
 
Can I actually get a mod named after me? Hmmmmm . . . .BTW, just hit 3K :thrasher:
 
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maybe we can call this one the Giggity mod?
Similar to the sin city but cleaner.
What I did was cut a 6" long intake tube in half and use a 3" coupler and chrome ring clamp to finish it off. Its attached to my stock air box till I order the stillen.

You can esentially take the same idea and use the dimensions and lengths that work for you. I just finsihed up a about an hour or so ago, here are some pics....


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Heres the other half of the tube I used

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I think you need a little flex in the intake tube so the accordian peice might be handy, helps with the re/re of the part and since its mounted to the plenum, utlitmately the motor moves and vibrates and it flexes with the vibration.
 

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That looks cool . . .well . . the orange . . .dunno
Only prob I see, but doubt it makes much diff, is you still have uneven airflow with the coupler.
 
or maybe not . . .now that I look at it, maybe it's just the soft material bunching up on top of cylinder underneath?
 
gto-dave said:
That looks cool . . .well . . the orange . . .dunno
Only prob I see, but doubt it makes much diff, is you still have uneven airflow with the coupler.
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or it looks pretty
or it looks different


Thanks for the comments.

I wish this coupler was 2 inches longer. It was a tight fit, I had to loose each coupler and limit them to make fit. But its solid, I gave it a hard shake and its tight. I have the old coupler in the trunk with a screw driver just in case.:eek: nah its good.
 
But my Z-tube looks different than the sincity post,
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The tube that was originally used for the sincity mod was a ztube off a 350z about $70. Back then there were no after market intake tubes that would fit the FX. So sincity fabed a ztube to a peice of aluminum tubing to a silicone coupler to the air box.
 
Looks good Merch - gotta pop the hood for me next week when were at Metro.
 
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