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Old 03-16-2009, 12:36 PM
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Doing a FAST intake swap and saw a lot of carbon?, in the intake ports of the heads. Is this normal with a set up like mine (sig)? First picture is with 6K miles after heads and cam install. Second picture is of the stock heads and cam with 19K miles. Thanks




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Here's a close up.

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you sure its not oil from the badly designed pcv system.
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Originally Posted by sroach20
you sure its not oil from the badly designed pcv system.
Could be I guess. That's why I'm asking
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Looks like those cool pcv oil stains to me, almost like the inside of my intake!!!
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when i took mine off for the fast90 swap i found a lil dirt under it. but mine didnt have that much black stuff at all. i have 60k miles with stock 241 heads. and its not beacause i dont drive it hard. lol
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I just removed my LS1 intake to switch to a FAST and my intake ports look the same & i am not worried.
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looks like oil, you will be fine
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same here , catch can time
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It's 100% normal. It's oil that comes from the pvc system and then moves it's way into the intake runners. If you take your heads off the combustion chambers will look the same.




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