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Old Oct 1, 2011 | 08:27 AM
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Ok, I just did the LS6 mani swap, but Idk if I feel more power. I have a slp lid, slp ud pulley and a cutout. Then again roads have been kinda wet so I cant get wot really atm. I guess my question is, what rpm range/ mph range would I feel it the most? Also did !AIR and !EGR, but i dont think that should affect performance.

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Old Oct 1, 2011 | 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by 98 White T/A
Ok, I just did the LS6 mani swap, but Idk if I feel more power. I have a slp lid, slp ud pulley and a cutout. Then again roads have been kinda wet so I cant get wot really atm. I guess my question is, what rpm range/ mph range would I feel it the most? Also did !AIR and !EGR, but i dont think that should affect performance.
It's mostly mid to top range, you'll feel the car goes faster vs ls1 intake. Port/polish your TB to take advantage of the intake bigger volume capacity.
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Old Oct 1, 2011 | 09:01 AM
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My car felt smoother all through the range after my LS6 swap.

I couldn't believe the amount of crud under the LS1 intake.
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Old Oct 1, 2011 | 09:06 AM
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My car felt smoother all through the range after my LS6 swap.

I couldn't believe the amount of crud under the LS1 intake.
+1 to that! After the swap, I hear a little ticking sound, but there is like 1.5 seconds between the sound, its kinda odd, I imagine its just engine noise, but Idk, sounds like from the passenger side, but my car is too loud to pinpoint it.
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Old Oct 1, 2011 | 11:16 AM
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am pretty sure its all in your mind lol, i dont think there will be a noticeable gain from just the intake it self specially on a nearly stock car. long tubes ory lid and the intake about to go in in 3 days, am pretty sure i wont feel a thing, hope am wrong tho
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 01:09 AM
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I couldn't feel any difference after I swapped mine. Come to think of it, the only time I have felt a difference is after my induction (K&N FIPK) when the car was stock and my cam. I am sure all my other mods made a difference, just not that I could tell.
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 05:40 AM
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on a close to stock car your not going to feel much if anything ,now when a cam comes into play you would for sure feel it over the ls1 intake
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 02:36 PM
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I felt a slight difference in my 98 after the swap and yeah you may just be paranoid about the noise lol that's the way i was.
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i picked up 1 mph from swapping an ls6 in place of an ls1 intake on a bolt-on car. not worth the swap until you have a cam, imho. but if you ask me i'd tell you to save some more money and buy a fast, as the fast is miles ahead of an ls6.
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bout to do this swap soon..,,, dammit lol
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by bestlude
bout to do this swap soon..,,, dammit lol
Good luck and don't break anything lol.
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Good luck and don't break anything lol.
thanks, and yeah i hear about people breaking the oil sending unit alot lol
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by bestlude
thanks, and yeah i hear about people breaking the oil sending unit alot lol
Oh yeah i broke mine and that PCV line behind the intake is sooo brittle. if you have egr watch it when you pull that line for it that runs to the back of the intake which is i think when i broke mine. I didnt think it would be so easy to break things when doing the swap but i was totally wrong lol.
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