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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 06:56 PM
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LT4 intake vs. LT1 stock intake


Should I spend the extra couple hundred bucks and buy the LT4 and have it ported or just port the stock one because there is not that much power difference?


This is on 383, Trickflow heads with lotta work.
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I think they are basically the same ut the LT4 has a bit more metal for porting.
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Originally Posted by phantomLT1
LT4 intake vs. LT1 stock intake


Should I spend the extra couple hundred bucks and buy the LT4 and have it ported or just port the stock one because there is not that much power difference?


This is on 383, Trickflow heads with lotta work.
I would send yours to Lloyd Elliott and have him port it for $200. What size Throttle Body are you running?
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Originally Posted by Elliott's94Z
I would send yours to Lloyd Elliott and have him port it for $200. What size Throttle Body are you running?


58mmASM

I gotta guy who can do just as good a job as Lloyd. I have the stock 1.
So what yall are saying is the stock 1 ported is just as good as LT4 ported doesnt matter?
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