Originally Posted by 1CAMWNDR

A Victor Jr with an Accufab 4150 throttle body and a Carb hat fits under a stock hood, or a flat VFN hood anyway, I have it.

Originally Posted by bpowell688

This is my 408 victor jr and accufab 4bbl

Originally Posted by 87silverbullet

I really like a sheetmetal intake but if a plastic intake will make the same power, then I'm all about value. Here's what I have read here correct me if I'm wrong. An ls7 breathes well and there is no gain with a 102 FAST. I am not using ls7 heads so this means nothing to me. Guys that are using l76/ls3 intakes are porting them and finding equal or more power than a FAST. That doesn't help me either, I can just get a ported ls3. Guys have gone to carb style intakes and found more power with a little loss down lower that is not much to be concerned about. Sheetmetal intakes such as Beck and Marcella tend to keep up with the carb style without cutting your car up, the draw back is the price.


I was looking for an alternative to spending a buttload of cash but make good power in the process, thats how I came across the company I posted earlier. I also found that TPIS makes sheetmetal intakes for ls motors. They are up there also in price.

I need something that will be the best bang for my buck. Not worried about the street too much about down low. Thats what gears and stalls are for. I will drive it to work once in awhile which is 3 miles one way. It will see cruise duty maybe 30 miles to New Orleans. I have friends who have driven this distance with a way more wilder setups than I am going with. Help me out here, SHEETMETAL or PLASTIC OEM intake?

Originally Posted by 87silverbullet

Didn't you post a pic of that awhile back? Can you post that again so I can see how it fits. I have a factory SS camaro hood and would like to keep it.

Originally Posted by 99blancoSS

It looks like some cutting is involved unless there is a different setup?

Originally Posted by 1CAMWNDR

No kidding? My set up is very similar and yes the cowl needs to be cut; but the wiper is retained as is the flat hood. But it gets filtered air into a 4BBL throttle body and single plane intake. I'll take mine over that Wilson manifold anyday.

Originally Posted by 99blancoSS

Not once did you see or have you seen me say the Wilson was better than a bbl setup did you?

I said it fits under the hood without altering and retained the long runner design so there was no loss as associated with regular sheet metal intakes. That is all I said.

Some people don't want to alter their car and so even just cutting the cowling a little is unacceptable. So they have a plastic intake or if they are looking for the ultimate in showmanship without performance loss then they have other options.

I didn't take the meaning of this thread from the OP to be what was better but what other options are there ? Since he was looking at a $2650 intake I didn't think I was out of line by showing him the Wilson.

Some people seem to have a problem with that ? Not sure why but what ever. If we didn't present options then how are people to know whats out there?

So what if a person wants all that bling and has the money to pay for it. That is their decision and what makes us all different so we should all respect what each wants to do.

But I have to ask this with your setup:
You do take the hat off when you race though so its a restriction right?
How much of a restriction is it? Have you raced with and without? what was the difference?

Originally Posted by badss_02

I really like the design of the precision metalcraft intake, but hate the price... It was on a featured 67 chevy II in super chevy magazine... That is a picture of the article.

Originally Posted by 99blancoSS

Its cool I like your setup. Is that heat tape on there?

I could make that vic pop as well though by having it polished and going with a polished tb on top. In fact I have an rpm airgap for my 79 z28 sitting here that I had polished. I like a little under the hood to go with my HP.