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From: Wasilla AK
best intake Im in the planning stages for a turbo build my inspiration is 98cobrakillers setup but for the intake this will be in a third gen camaro not a 4th gen and I dont plan on using a stock setup
Now for some of you guys using aftermarket intakes what do you suggest for ease looks and performance I am using 317 heads on a built LQ9 bottom
Edelbrock proflow
edelbrock carb intake with elbow
stock
or what else is out there I dont want to spend in the 3000 range for custom sheetmetal setups but just curios to whats working good
Right now i like the proflow or the carb with elbow
Now for some of you guys using aftermarket intakes what do you suggest for ease looks and performance I am using 317 heads on a built LQ9 bottom
Edelbrock proflow
edelbrock carb intake with elbow
stock
or what else is out there I dont want to spend in the 3000 range for custom sheetmetal setups but just curios to whats working good
Right now i like the proflow or the carb with elbow
There you have it. Alot of people in the 9's and Mighty Mouse i belive is in the 8's with one. Although i think he has a 90MM TB on it.
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I think he runs a stock TB.
There is absolutely no need for a 90mm TB. There's a Ute in Australia running 8.2 at high 160's with a stock LS6 intake and TB. Or at least it did 2-3 years ago. Probably quicker now
There is absolutely no need for a 90mm TB. There's a Ute in Australia running 8.2 at high 160's with a stock LS6 intake and TB. Or at least it did 2-3 years ago. Probably quicker now
With 317 heads run the ls6. My formula went 9.0 on pump gas with a ls6 intake and stock tb on top of some afr225's. Later on if you upgrade to some really nice heads then you can look into a intake to complement that.
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look at camaro andreas.....he's makin well over 1000 on a proflo....I personally am running one and have no complaints at all, went 9.90 on low boost and a base tune....i can stick my arm clear to the back of that thing....the plenum i believe is plenty large.....they come as a 90mm TB opening, but being aluminum and quite thick, i'd imagine you could port the hell out of it as well....my opening is a 94mm.......
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look at camaro andreas.....he's makin well over 1000 on a proflo....I personally am running one and have no complaints at all, went 9.90 on low boost and a base tune....i can stick my arm clear to the back of that thing....the plenum i believe is plenty large.....they come as a 90mm TB opening, but being aluminum and quite thick, i'd imagine you could port the hell out of it as well....my opening is a 94mm.......
The plenum doesnt appear that big. In general, the plenum would be at least the size of the engine, and it doesnt appear to have 6-7 litres of volume, although I may be wrong.
ET's are as much about traction as power. So using that as a guide can be misleading, and when a stock TB can easily handle 1000+, most certainly dont need 90mm+
Is all of your boost/intake plumbing 90mm+ ? If not, almost seems silly to run an excessively large TB.
I'm sure the Proflo is a great intake, and I'd like to be running one myself. But I dont believe it will offer much benefit over either an LS6 or carb style.
Although I'd hope it might free up the top end a bit.
Oddly, true back to back comparisons of any intakes on a boosted application seem to be very rare. Or at least rarely published.
Carrying this out on a turbocharged setup is pointless too IMO, as boost is too easily manipulated.
A test on a good blower setup, where the intake really is the only change to airflow would prove which is best.
