Which stock manifold for turbo build???
11-20-2009, 05:30 PM
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Which stock manifold for turbo build??? So my buddy has a turbo build going, 5.3 bottom end, arp rod bolts, LS6 cam, 317 truck heads, LS6 intake, and truck manifolds. Going for ~500rwhp, nothing crazy...
I have a set of stock LS3 take off manifolds (the ones with the o2 sensor in between the primaries) taking up space.
The look like this:
http://montana.craigslist.org/pts/1461131015.html
My question is...is there any benefit to using the LS3 manifolds for his turbo build over the truck manifolds? Better clearance? Any relevant flow difference (primary size or design)?
I have a set of stock LS3 take off manifolds (the ones with the o2 sensor in between the primaries) taking up space.
The look like this:
http://montana.craigslist.org/pts/1461131015.html
My question is...is there any benefit to using the LS3 manifolds for his turbo build over the truck manifolds? Better clearance? Any relevant flow difference (primary size or design)?
11-21-2009, 01:52 PM
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Im not sure about flow but you can probably retain the AC with a set of the LS3s since you can go under the AC Compressor with your passenger side pipe... and of course a truck manifold on the passenger side will not let you do that...
Flow wise, there are guys well over 1000hp on the truck manifolds, I dont know numbers on the LS3 manifolds...
Flow wise, there are guys well over 1000hp on the truck manifolds, I dont know numbers on the LS3 manifolds...
11-22-2009, 08:07 PM
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I'm using these im my build, but I don't have it complete yet so I'm not much help with your question. However they do appear to have better flow charachteristics than a truck manifold IMO.
