ok, first my car dosent pass emissions...so i figured id just put the stock one back on, ok not a big deal...WRONG!!!!...iv been spending literally the last hour and half just tryin to put the stock air box back in, i tried everyway, its like its impossible to get back in, the pipe bends so gayyy its pissin me off im bout ready to have a roid rage and punch a whole in the side of the car, if neone can help me out please and id really appreciate before i go crazy...

Thanx....

P.S.
I knew i shoulda bought an LS1 like everyone else...

 

roid rage eh? thats not gonna be good for anyone

 

Wait... an intake is causing you to not pass emissions?
I am not so sure about that...

Or do you mean state inspection?

As for the airbox, have you taken the wheel and fender lining out? and then disconnect the intake tube from the actual airbox?

 

wait if you had a intake on there how did it fail the intake if its a name brand is carb leagl and cant be failed

 

i have a fujita and my check engine light was on, and he cleared it, and than drove it for only 20 miles, came back to get retested and came back on....so..i failed...

 

maybe you put the maf backwards cause my buddy as one of those intakes and he ant got no cel there something not right there

 

what do u mean backwards?? and i think i saw alot of ppl wit the fujita wit a CEL.. and yes..i have every tube disconnected from stock and tryin to put it back in like u do wit the fujita, peice by peice but not really workin, cuz of the way it angles down in the fender...

 

LS1's are nice and of course very fast stock, but you would be plagued with one WEAK ASS rear. Especially with a 6 speed. Don't forget about leaky t tops, broken headlight motors, if you got an auto, weak 4l60e, the list goes on. It's a great engine, just not the best of the rest. I've had 2 lt1 fbodies, brother had a 2000 WS6, other brother had a 95 lt1 fbody. I thought of getting an ls1 car instead of my balt, but I changed my mind after remembering everything about them. Sure they're fast, but I got tired of the rest of crap. FYI a new rear like a 12 bolt is over $2k. Just thought I would throw my 2 cents in

EDIT: your CEL is from po171 correct? Isn't there a flash from gm for this problem?

 

i thought that you didnt have to have emissions done on new cars for like the first 3 years or something like that???

 

there is a arrow on it. its got to be pointed in the way the air flow towards the engine it can be put in backward i dnot know im just trying to help cause my buddy had one and he ant got no cel im just throwing up ideas

 

I'm sure it varies from state to state and county to county. The county I'm in (northampton PA), can get you exempt for the year if you put on less then 5k from the last year. So you could actually get away with being exempt forever if you drive less then 5k a year.

 

Just remember, (and I know this is why its frustraiting) that it was put in their originally, so there has to be a way to get it back in.

There is probably something you just havent thought of yet.
I would say cool off for a while (so that you dont stab your paint with a screw driver) and then take another look once you are settled down a bit.

Usually helps me to do this anyways.

I know getting the Injen tube in there sucked and was making me plenty mad.

After chilling out for a few, I took another look at it and twisted in a way I hadnt before and it popped right in. I have never had to return mine to stock, so I dont know how much of a PITA it really is.

Good luck anyways!

 

^^^Like he said. I work on cars for a living unfortunitly. Sometimes I get soooo mad I have to just put down the tools and cool down for a little. It's just the way it goes sometimes.

 

This is my daily driver so def drive way more than 5K a yr, lol and yea i know all bout weak rears in fbody's, i had a Z28 myself, got rid of it basically for that reason and motor was prob gunna go in the next 3Kmiles if i woulda kept it, but im just stressin right now over this damn intake.....its driving my crazy, i wish i drank so i could say i need a beer, at 10:40 am lol

 

your supposed to drive it for almost 100 miles to clear the code. that what the dealership says anyway

 

i would check to see if the maf is installed backwards... when i was thinking about getting a cai i was unsure because of all the problems with cels ive been hearing. so when i installed mine i made sure both intakes were side by side and i put the maf directly from one to the other so i couldnt do it backwards. Its been 1.5k miles and ive yet to get a cel

 

The holes wont match up and and u cant screw it in the other way, so i dont think u can put it in backwards

 

do you still have the tube that goes through the fender connected to the air box?? if you do get yourself another hose clamp (one off the Fujita will work fine) that the crappy one that GM put on there and take the tube off. Put the tube through the fender, and then with the new hose clamp reconnect the air box. Thats how I got mine in and out!

 

oooo thank god....got it in..thanx guys...i appreciate it, i was really stressin there...thanx again!!! CEL still on but hopefully itll go away on my way to the garage....