Porting Plastic Intake Manifold
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Porting Plastic Intake Manifold In the magazine engines by hotrod there is an article with the school of automotive mechanics talking about the tips they have for the LS1. They said since the intake manifold is plastic like that it was a breeze to port. Anyone else do this.
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Re: Porting Plastic Intake Manifold I can't say I've ever heard of anyone porting the intake manifold. They are restrictive though. The LS1 needs an alternative intake. The holley weighs a ton and there are usually vaccuum problems with it. The LS6 intake is better, but there is still room for improvemnt.
Re: Porting Plastic Intake Manifold I've heard CarTek usually got about a 6-8 rwhp gain with their ported LS6 intake. I don't know if they lost any low end by porting. Last time I saw a ported CarTek LS6 intake it was around $700
The LS6 intake is going to be hard to beat for a stock cube 346
The LS6 intake is going to be hard to beat for a stock cube 346
Re: Porting Plastic Intake Manifold </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Jay 95WS6:
<strong>cartek's porting is proprietary and enhances their port design
jay</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Are there any other heads the Cartek ported intake will work well with?
<strong>cartek's porting is proprietary and enhances their port design
jay</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Are there any other heads the Cartek ported intake will work well with?
