Got my hi ram the other day and was doing a little test fit and wow. My **** is already trimmed about a 1/4 away from the glass, and it still isnt even close to fitting. Im assuming the best way to cut it is with a die grinder, i dont know though never cut glass in my life.

Any of you have a close up picture of how much glass needs to be trimmed?

 

I ran into the same problem. Ended up just going back to a carb intake with a elbow. Curious to see what other guys did.

 

Shim the K-Member down?

 

You have the rectangular or cathedral?

 

Its sitting on top of a pair of LS9 heads. I didnt think the rectangular port intake would be taller then the cathedral. Shimming the k-member would work...kinda. But it would throw off my turbo kit, and besides that it would need to be moved down about a inch to fit.

 

An inch? Holy ****. Get out that die grinded and a bunch of barrel bits.

 

****... pics I've seen they didnt haft to touch the windshield. Im running exact same combo.

Which k member?

 

****, i think bmr. not 100% sure though. Thats theonly thing on my car thats not burkhart

 

Tick has a build thread of a "real street" turbo car with ls3 heads and hi ram and his clears just fine. Same goes for stangkilr.

I think im going with PA or MWC k member

 

Got it fitted and the windshield back in. Has about 1/4" clearance from intake to glass. Its a monster intake thats for damn sure. I am running a fiberglass bolt on WS6 hood. So i will be making some major cuts to make this work with my hood. Will post those pics once done.

 

I'm fitting one soon. Will look into cutting the top and flatten in out to clear the windshield more. Shouldn't affect a boosted motor.

 

Any update on this?

 

The edelbrock pro flow is shorter and sits further off the firewall. Its just uglier

 

Im not a Holley basher, not at all but I returned my LS1 Hi-Ram back to Jegs. We all spend big bucks on CNC heads and we read the flow numbers. The port match was just so ridiculous and hardly two ports alike. The injector angle is also not correct. Upper casting is "off" about 1/16" to 1/8". Its a big bad intake but not worth it to me. By the time I would have to take off so much material to port match, the intakes walls would be paper thin one one side.

To each his own and I really do mean that but I dont understand justifying the major compromise in port match and all the chopping you have to do. If they came out with a Hi-Ram2 with a better casting I would buy it. Dont know if its harder to make a good casting verses a bad one. Just my thoughts. It does look mean, Ill give them that. I hope that Holley comes out with a new, improved version. The Edelbrock is just plain ugly.

 

Ive heard of this problem before. Kind of scares me away. Maybe a bad batch? Did Jegs charge a restocking fee?

 

No questions asked. No fee. They emailed me a shipping label. They are the best.

 

BlackWS666 that intake looks wicking on you car. Id love to have one on mine but don't wanna ditch wipers and all since it is more of a street car. Im sure all of that has to go.

 

i have a buddy that did a monster intake recently and he removed the passengers wiper and made it a single blade setup. looks surprisingly good.

 

anybody have any performance #'s using this intake ?

 

Like just leaving the passenger wiper and linkage Im guessing? Removing the rest? That wouldn't be bad. Id space my kmember down to help it a little if I ever done one anyway. Cause when other engine gets built im changing my turbo setup.