So it’s all coming back to me now why I did what I did. It all because of that stupid power steering tank. I had hell trying to find where to mount it. They said it has to be higher than your pump. And maybe I need to redesign something better for my power steering.
But if I move the ecm to stock location I have all the room in the world to mount a massive filter. But I can’t because the stupid f’n power steering line is in the way. I would much rather have the PS tank next to pump.

 

I've run into similar issues trying to place a large filter in that location. The intake setup on mine is a 95mm throttle body, 4" tube to a 7.5x5.25 inverted oval x 7"long S&B filter which should flow around 1000cfm in a box behind the headlight. I get some boost fluctuation in higher rpm I have not been able to pinpoint but speculate being at the edge of intake flow.

This is the same tb/tube setup before converting to an enclosed box...


As I am sure you have read, PD blowers are especially sensitive to intake restriction. My next power upgrade, when I get around to it, is some inlet manifold porting, 102MM TB, 5" tube and much larger filter stuffed vertically in front of the inner fender.

 

Ya that tubing and TB is basically my setup. Like you I want to go bigger when the time is right. I thought it over last night, on that PS tank I will point the elbow at the bottom far right and add some hose to go behind the ECM holder. Should work out, just another foot if that of hose going to supply the PS. Better this than find another mount point for tank, relocate ECM blah blah. Just need to buy a new filter, two suggestions for S&B. On the ctsv forums they swear by green filter a lot that is why I bought it.

 

Probably nothing wrong with green filter as a brand, you just need a bigger filter than what you bought. Maybe look at this one: https://greenfilter.com/store/filter/7002 and maybe @BigKID could chime in with some cfm calculations to show what it might be good for hp support wise.

 

The 6x6x12 Greenfilter linked would flow 1363cfm, good for 850+hp. The formulas I am using are from K&N based off their filter media and pleat density. Actual CFM from other filter manufacturers may vary based on these criteria.

 

That green filter above is too long for my space.
i think I have narrowed it down to this one. Any concerns on size. I measured and it will fit.

7.25" X 6.75" and 8.15 length.

https://sbfilters.com/products/kf-1047

 

Ok got the air intake all squared away. Kept with green because they had more options to go bigger with a slanted end. With sbc i was worried it wouldn’t fit. I do like their open ended design though. Went the biggest I could. Also had to get a longer tube. Now hopefully transmission stays intact and I can get tuning on this and finally drive this SOB

 

Is there a cheaper way to fix this hose in the middle? It the hose that forks from the water pump to tank and heater core. The other hoses are fine. This is a 60 dollar hose and find it hard to pay that when the rest is ok. I tried to synch the clamp down more.

 

Been doing some tuning every so often. Not much, but came across low tps voltage as a dtc. My IAC and tps sensor are from 2002. Went ahead and changed them to new acdelco. Seem to clear it. Next issue before I make a wide open pull is my TPS percent never gets above 80 percent. I think it’s bottoming out on my floor. Any tips on this? Also which hole does it need to go in?

 

Have you confirmed the TB will manually open to 100% ???