WTB WTB 98-02 WS6 lower air box

[Bru]

It appears there are reproductions available for $150, but does anyone have a local WS6 lower air box sitting around they’d like to sell? My car has the base TA short opening box and I’m looking for the taller opening box to better line up with the VFN hood and the nostril openings.

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[Unitsn4]

It's been forever since I've seen one of these boxes so I don't recall how to spot the difference. This is in my garage:

 

[Bru]

Appears to be a TA airbox, which has about an inch opening. The WS6 lower airbox was about 2 inches.

 

[Unitsn4]

Got it. Thanks

 

[PANDA]

Still available at the dealer?

 

[Bru]

Doesn’t appear so. Discontinued in 2009.

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

Maybe Pro Stock John can put the feelers out on that one LSJuan website or his FB. He has a pretty vast network.

 

[Dan00Hawk]

I've got the WS6 lower box on my Firehawk, but the lid grazes the hood a bit when closed (which is scuffing the hood and the lid) so I should go back to the lower box like it came with originally. The bottom section is cut out of it to mount a bottom feed air scoop, so it's not 100% factory if that matters.

I'd just do an even swap of the parts with you if you're up for it. I'll snag a few pictures shortly...

 

[Dan00Hawk]

 

[Pro Stock John]

There you go, swap with Dan.

 

[Bru]

Well, that’s interesting. I read that the firehawk hood has a little less clearance than the WS6 hood. I don’t know if I’d be into a trade because I’m still a bit exploratory here. The very top of my airbox touches the VFN WS6 hood. And I read that the WS6 airbox raises the front, but lowers the back because it pivots a little more downward. I don’t know if this is true so I was hoping to have both air boxes to test.

Dan, if your open to swapping and testing, I’d be down, but it might also mean mine now hits worse with the WS6 box

Also, the foam in the inlet pictured below is now gone; I was running a bottom feeder air intake but didn’t like what it was doing to coolant temps so I took it out. My bottom airbox is also hogged out.

 

[Dan00Hawk]

Sure, you can test fit mine on a trial basis. Then we can swap or keep what we have pending what you decide. The back of the WS6 box definitely sits higher than the OEM one did, though, as it's making contact in the same spot yours shows. So that may happen with your hood too? The lower one didn't do that on mine though.

 

[sktchy]

I've got a friend selling what I think is actually a whisper lid and box locally to me for fairly cheap but I'm gonna have to double check. It wouldn't clear his catfish hood so he got pissed off and took it off.

 

[sktchy]

Otherwise Ive got a y87 v6 box I'd send you for shipping, not that that probably helps

 

[Bru]

Sure, you can test fit mine on a trial basis. Then we can swap or keep what we have pending what you decide. The back of the WS6 box definitely sits higher than the OEM one did, though, as it's making contact in the same spot yours shows. So that may happen with your hood too? The lower one didn't do that on mine though.
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Damn. I might have the same problem.

 

[PANDA]

I am not sure I had that problem with my VFN hood and OEM lower airbox. I had a SLP lid.

Maybe Speed INC has WS6 lower airboxes taken off from turbo builds?

 

[Bru]

I was digging into it this weekend and my lower airbox isn’t sitting flush on the support, raising it slightly. Putting this on hold until I figure out what’s going on. Is the radiator not seated? Is the airbox messed up?