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Old 05-11-2006, 01:14 PM
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Should I purchase a GM LS6 itake manifold or should I keep my LS1? Whats the difference?
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What year is your car...some came with the LS6 already...do you have any mods?
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00 t/a and i just put a magnaflo cat back and will be soon putting on a 8omm bbk tb and a new high flow air lid, slp ram air hood, and thinking about the intake? should I get it or what do you think?
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the ls6 intake flows better than the ls1.
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ls6 intake came on 01-02's.
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The more bolt-ons you put on your car the more Hp you will Get from an Ls6 INtake vs The Ls1 intake average around 10-15
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definitely get it. if you ever plan on getting a cam you would probably be better off saving up for the 90mm FAST
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Originally Posted by 02 Camaro SS
definitely get it. if you ever plan on getting a cam you would probably be better off saving up for the 90mm FAST
You can ALWAYS sell an LS6 intake. If you buy it used, you can sell it for what you bought it for.

The FAST 90mm isn't for everyone.
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Originally Posted by aovall1
Should I purchase a GM LS6 itake manifold or should I keep my LS1? Whats the difference?
About 15 hp. Get the LS6.

Actually, get two, and send me one.
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the FAST 90 on a bolt on car will actually probably lose some low end power, and any power you gain on the other end over the LS6 will be negligible, especially when factoring in cost...
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Dont get the fast. Unless you have a massive cam and are pushing around 500 to the wheels....
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I wouldn't get the 80mm BBK. I'd just get a used ported stock one for around a hundred bucks or so on here. The LS6 intake is definately worth it though!
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Does anybody want a brand new 80mm bbk tb? How do I post a thread in the sales department, bcuz I want to try to sell my tb?
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Originally Posted by aovall1
Does anybody want a brand new 80mm bbk tb? How do I post a thread in the sales department, bcuz I want to try to sell my tb?
You have to have 50 legit (non-whoring) posts or 6-months of membership to post items for sale.
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thanks blurls1
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One more thing about the ls6 intake, bssides better air to flow ove rthe LS!, how can you tell the difference between the both? How do you tell if the intake is in great condition? Would an LS6 intake off a 01-02 Fbody be ok to install on a 00 A4 t/a even if the intake had over 20k miles on it? Basically what I'm asking is when is it not okay to buy a used ls6 intake? 30k? 40k? Hope to gets some responses, im confused?
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the LS6 is a good improvement, a budy did that and there really is a difference
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Get a tune after you swap intakes. I jumped from 12.9 to 15.1 when I switched to a ls6 I had a 230/232 cam at the time.....
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I think you can tell the difference on the bottom of the intakes. IIRC the bottom of the LS6 intake is flat whereas the bottom of the LS1 intake curves up into the runners.
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Originally Posted by aovall1
One more thing about the ls6 intake, bssides better air to flow ove rthe LS!, how can you tell the difference between the both? How do you tell if the intake is in great condition? Would an LS6 intake off a 01-02 Fbody be ok to install on a 00 A4 t/a even if the intake had over 20k miles on it? Basically what I'm asking is when is it not okay to buy a used ls6 intake? 30k? 40k? Hope to gets some responses, im confused?
Intake's don't wear out, so there's no problems. This is why I say you can always get your money back out of them. The only thing that might be a problem is if it's dirty, but you can just clean the damn thing.



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