5.3 Vortec manifold to hood clearance
01-23-2007, 12:58 AM
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5.3 Vortec manifold to hood clearance Anyone put a 5.3 Vortec in their car and kept the truck manifold? I like the way it looks and its a take off from the dealer, off of a Joe Gibbs truck before they put the blower on. Its a LM7 Manifold and I would think because of the height I would get a little more torque. I laid a piece of tape accoss the car in front of the TB and it looked like I had about 2 3/4" difference from the top of the tape and the top of the plastic cover. Anybody have any measurements for a 68-72 Nova with a cowl hood. A 4" would more than work but I'd like to get a 2" cowl hood on it if possible. Thanks for your help. 
01-23-2007, 01:04 PM
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Stock vs Modified
Originally Posted by v8bug
I fit my truck intake under the stock hood of a 71 vw bug, I think you should be fine. I am not running the vortec cover though
01-24-2007, 12:59 AM
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A bandaid
Originally Posted by Cop Car
remove the stupid plastic "vortech" cover
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01-25-2007, 02:51 PM
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The truck manifold cleared the hood on my 78 trans am except for the evap solenoid. Another issue you may have if you are using the truck accessories is with the alternator. I had to lower mine 1.5".
01-28-2007, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 76LQ9TA
The truck manifold cleared the hood on my 78 trans am except for the evap solenoid. Another issue you may have if you are using the truck accessories is with the alternator. I had to lower mine 1.5".
01-28-2007, 08:28 PM
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i have a truck intake on my 68 camaro with a 2 inch cowl hood and all i had to do was cut out some of the supports from under the hood but it didn't do any thing to the structural integrity of the hood. i had to do the same for the alternator.
but then again i wont be keeping the truck manifold if could get my hands on a reasonable Ls1/2/6 IM intake
03-15-2008, 05:22 PM
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Don't know if FL has this, but, in WI we have a statute for "defective speedometer". Our city attorney likes to give people this as a deal on regular speeding tickets. It costs the same $, but doesn't cost points on your driver's license (you get 12 points in a 12 month period - a speeding ticket is 3-4 points) .
03-29-2008, 12:05 PM
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Put the hood back on today, there's surprisingly very little interference. The hood won't close with the Vortec "beauty cover" on top of the manifold, but the only thing needing trimming was the front plastic/brass boss for one of the coverplate's mounting screws. Other than that, it fit like a gem, no alternator issues. I have Carshop (S&P knockoff) motor mount adapter plates, if that helps let you know where abouts the engine is placed. And oh yeah, it's a stock hood.
09-16-2008, 12:56 AM
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Well I didn't get out of the speeding ticket, $525 and 4 points, thats gonna affect my Nova fund money. I'm gonna get my Dakota Digital speedo fixed for sure. As far as the truck manifold cover, its a no go, will probably put a blower on instead
if my car insurance doesn't go up.
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