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Anyone else see the new X-ram intake from NRE at SEMA?

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Old 11-30-2013, 10:50 AM
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Default Anyone else see the new X-ram intake from NRE at SEMA?


Granted, it's only for the Gen 4 motors, ie, no cathedral port heads, but still, that looks bad-*** and I wonder how well it would do with boost. It looks like it might fit in a 4th gen f-body as well. Scroll to 4:15 in the video to see it.
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Very cool, long runners for mid and low tq. Wonder how well it winds up.
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Well, since it's was developed by NRE, I'm assuming it's designed for boost since all they seem to do is make 1,000+hp boosted motors.
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i saw a really badass intake on fb,had a intercooler inside the intake
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^was it 12' tall?
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He has dyno charts posted somewhere comparing stock and I think a FAST to this intake and the results, if they're legit, look really good. I forget where I saw the charts.
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Originally Posted by 408GT
^was it 12' tall?

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looks similar to the old nissan 300zx intake w twin throttle bodies.
looks significantly heavier than just about any current intake if its cast alloy.
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Looks good! Would be better done in carbon fibber though!

Dose the intake feature integrated intercoolers?
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LPE also has an intake with intercooler built in. Very nice piece. TT 376 camaro made 1076rwhp with it easy enough.
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I took some pictures of it. Theyre on my phone. I believe it is setup for either a single TB or duals with the Y pipe removed.

Anything that comes from NRE has got to be well thought out.
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I didn't see anything about pricing, and honestly, I hope they do a cathedral port version, and keep the pricing somewhat realistic, aka, not north of $4-5k.

But to be honest, the chances that it will come in cathedral ports, fit under a cowl of a 4th gen, and make more power than a FAST..... AND be competitively priced is like catching bigfoot having sex with the lochness monster.
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Originally Posted by The Alchemist
I didn't see anything about pricing, and honestly, I hope they do a cathedral port version, and keep the pricing somewhat realistic, aka, not north of $4-5k.

But to be honest, the chances that it will come in cathedral ports, fit under a cowl of a 4th gen, and make more power than a FAST..... AND be competitively priced is like catching bigfoot having sex with the lochness monster.
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I read on their facebook page that the intake with rails and hardware would be around 1600 bucks, which for what you are getting IMO ain't bad at all...
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Cheaper than a sheetmetal!
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Only downside is I'm running cathedral port heads and it looks like this is only for the ls3/ls7 heads.



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