Anyone else install SLP intake? PITA

[2mileshigh]

Put the SLP intake in today. They tell you to drill 7 holes and vacume out intake. Ended up pulling entire intake baffle out. If you use a holesaw plastic burrs get everywhere. Anyone else have this problem?

 

[snopro_ac]

I ordered one, haven't gotten it yet. Any insight on what not to do would be great. Why did you remove all the baffles, any negatives to that? Or did you just take them out to clean up the mess, I've heard of people removing them all together though.

 

[2mileshigh]

Yea , just took out all baffles to clean up the mess. Was afraid I would not get all the burrs and have them sucked into throttle bodies. Really opened up Intake, but have not run sled to see if it has any affect .

 

[snopro_ac]

I've read in numerous spots that these sleds like more air, I have to think its the right move

 

[PalousePoo]

Here's my results of two pro's drag racing on a lake. The 155" has the slp intake, the 163 has stock intake. They are neck and neck. I would have expected the lesser track to outrun my 163. Approx. 4" of soft snow on the ice. And my buddy on the 155 is approx 25 lbs less than me. Doesn't seem like the intake is helping any?

 

[snopro_ac]

Honestly that doesn't sound right at all, 25 lbs and spinning a larger track, that shouldn't happen if they were both identical.

 

[2mileshigh]

Here's my results of two pro's drag racing on a lake. The 155" has the slp intake, the 163 has stock intake. They are neck and neck. I would have expected the lesser track to outrun my 163. Approx. 4" of soft snow on the ice. And my buddy on the 155 is approx 25 lbs less than me. Doesn't seem like the intake is helping any?

I installed mine to help deep snow performance. Hopefully not choke out in the deep stuff.

 

[snopro_ac]

I installed mine to help deep snow performance. Hopefully not choke out in the deep stuff.

that's what i was hoping for.

 

[Ron]

I couldn't make sense out of the instruction to drill 7 holes- makes swiss cheese and looked like it would weaken things too much. I used a sheetrock knife and cut 2 openings to avoid cutting into the internal air horns on my sled. Then after I could see the air horns I opened them up so the stock intake could pull more air. It looked to me like the restriction in the intake will always be greater from the vent material than from the internal holes.
No mess and if you are careful the material drilling the small holes for the darts can be removed from the top using a vacuum as you drill.
My main objective was to increase flow in deep powder, doubt you could measure any performance gain although there should be a little gain.

 

[snopro_ac]

I couldn't make sense out of the instruction to drill 7 holes- makes swiss cheese and looked like it would weaken things too much. I used a sheetrock knife and cut 2 openings to avoid cutting into the internal air horns on my sled. Then after I could see the air horns I opened them up so the stock intake could pull more air. It looked to me like the restriction in the intake will always be greater from the vent material than from the internal holes.
No mess and if you are careful the material drilling the small holes for the darts can be removed from the top using a vacuum as you drill.
My main objective was to increase flow in deep powder, doubt you could measure any performance gain although there should be a little gain.

i think if you put a pipe on and stuff like that it helps a lot, i just want as much air running into the engine as it wants even when rolled over in powder covering a side vent, and the clutches to stay cool. i won't mod much past that this year.

 

[HighmarkerX]

My thoughts are that the baffles are there to keep the sound down, since they have to meet a specific requirement. I ended up taking the baffles out and installing some of the round flow rites since I had a bunch laying around. I figure the more cool air the better.

 

[devomx302]

I have installed three of them on the pro. I removed the bottom plate under the hood to remove the baffles on all three as to not cut into them per SLP's instructions. I guess I received one of the earlier kits as their has been revised directions after talking to SLP. They said you can cut into the air horns and they had not tested the kit with the air horns out as they did not want to remove the bottom plate under the hood. I was just wondering if anyone had any issues with not running the air horns and wished i would have received the new directions or at least some sort of update???

 

[ndC7M8]

Here's my results of two pro's drag racing on a lake. The 155" has the slp intake, the 163 has stock intake. They are neck and neck. I would have expected the lesser track to outrun my 163. Approx. 4" of soft snow on the ice. And my buddy on the 155 is approx 25 lbs less than me. Doesn't seem like the intake is helping any?

that is extremely close to the results my buddy and I saw between my 155 and his 163. similar variables, except mine is just clutched and his is bone stock. yeah that 163 just chews its way to victory.

 

[Gotmud]

I picked up a bunch of flow-rites this summer, so I opted to go that route as it was cheaper. 4 2.5" holes in the top with both baffles taken out. I haven't noticed any difference at all, but I'm hoping in deep as snow it won't choke out.

 

[snopro_ac]

I picked up a bunch of flow-rites this summer, so I opted to go that route as it was cheaper. 4 2.5" holes in the top with both baffles taken out. I haven't noticed any difference at all, but I'm hoping in deep as snow it won't choke out.

looks as good as any, thanks for the pics, nice job. saved 60 dollars.

 

[HighmarkerX]

I picked up a bunch of flow-rites this summer, so I opted to go that route as it was cheaper. 4 2.5" holes in the top with both baffles taken out. I haven't noticed any difference at all, but I'm hoping in deep as snow it won't choke out.

Nice! That was exactly what I did, however I didn't do the two near the gauge. Did you have to remove the gauge to drill those two holes out?

 

[Gotmud]

Yes I removed the guage to drill the holes. It literally pops right out and pushes back in, not hard at all to remove and reinstall. I'd like to see a picture other than SLPs of their intake if someone has one?