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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Engine/Drivetrain => Topic started by: gold84gmc on July 04, 2009, 08:09:56 am
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im planning on doing what other people have done and use another air cleaner so mine has two air inlets...i was wondering where i could get or find the factory tube that comes on these trucks...i would rather not have the tubing from lowes or home depot
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Spectre makes an entire setup. Look on their website or on the shelf at autozone.
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im using the factory air cleaner and i want to use the factory tube(the black plastic one) i dont have the extra money to get stuff from spectre or any of those other brands
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When I did mine, I wanted to use the factory tubes too, so I grabbed another one at a local slavage yard. It was only when I realized they weren't long enough that I went with the corrugated tubing from Lowes. Also, if you can't find one at a yard, and don't like the hard corrugated tubing (I'm not too crazy about it either but it works), Gates makes a soft vinyl intake hose in 4".
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When I did mine, I wanted to use the factory tubes too, so I grabbed another one at a local slavage yard. It was only when I realized they weren't long enough that I went with the corrugated tubing from Lowes. Also, if you can't find one at a yard, and don't like the hard corrugated tubing (I'm not too crazy about it either but it works), Gates makes a soft vinyl intake hose in 4".
does the tubing from lowes keep its shape or does it flop around...is it as strong as the stock tube
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Stronger and more rigid. A little too rigid actually, but like I said it works. You have to cut it to the perfect length because it is not very compressible like the stock tubes. When I first installed it, I thought it was kinda ugly too, but now that I've lived with it for a while, it's not so bad.
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do you know how much they cost at lowes?
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About $5 for 10'. That was the main appeal.
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wow thats cheap guess ill have to get some