has anyone ever entertained the idea of a custom intake? sheetmetal, to try and replace the plastic pos?
droptopponynj said:
droptopponynj said:
plastic can be quite good actually, as it has less heat transfer. This was one of the biggest changes on the LS1 Fbody's over the years, from 01 onwards the all had the plastic LS6 intake, they are reputed to make 10-20rwhp more than the metal equiverlant.JohnyD05 said:has anyone ever entertained the idea of a custom intake? sheetmetal, to try and replace the plastic pos?
300bhp/ton said:plastic can be quite good actually, as it has less heat transfer. This was one of the biggest changes on the LS1 Fbody's over the years, from 01 onwards the all had the plastic LS6 intake, they are reputed to make 10-20rwhp more than the metal equiverlant.
i wasn't reffering to the material it was made out of as much as just how the flow sucks and i would like a better one I understand about the specific heat and stuff though. it probably helps keep the intake air temp down.300bhp/ton said:plastic can be quite good actually, as it has less heat transfer. This was one of the biggest changes on the LS1 Fbody's over the years, from 01 onwards the all had the plastic LS6 intake, they are reputed to make 10-20rwhp more than the metal equiverlant.
BigAlMo said:Richard Racing or Fox Lake are probably the two best know aftermarket Intake Manifolds for our cars.
I love my RR Intake and wouldn't change it for nothing.
The curve is amazing.
christiesledd said:I've seen custom ones built on domestic rice cars, never seen any that looked good
Well it would be pretty cool to be able to make on, would love to have the skills and equipment. But I guess it would take a fair amount of R&D to make it work, even if you come up with a brilliant design you may still face unforseen problems once installed. This can happen to the best in the industry, hence they usually cost lots after market.JohnyD05 said:i wasn't reffering to the material it was made out of as much as just how the flow sucks and i would like a better one I understand about the specific heat and stuff though. it probably helps keep the intake air temp down.
hognutz said:That is a cast intake and I have seen no dyno data yet. Have they actaully got any reall data yet?