Summer mods Monoblade and stepped headers

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Dec 16, 2019 | 01:32 PM

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demonsmokr

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Originally Posted by tbird31

ohhhh that mono is sexy. I went with the same header choice on my 355 car. I was however unimpressed at the velocity merge, I measured it and it necked down to almost 2.25 on one header and about 2.5 on the other. I understand the flow dynamics but it seemed drastic and gave the exhaust an odd tone to be honest. I plan to pull them back off and weld on a new merge section that will hopefully flow better, and then get them coated.

I'm sure you'll still gain power overall though with the combination of the two mods. love the 396. For the longest time I thought I'd LS swap mine, but I am leaning hard on keeping it LT and just building a motor and possibly boosting it. Goodluck!

**** LS motors. LTx, SBC or something weird. Sure, LS makes great power, and pretty efficiently, but they're literally everywhere. LTx can be a heavy hitter.

Just really need better intake designs. Is it still just Edelbrock or ported stock, right? Anyone doing sheet metal intakes for LT1?

Dec 16, 2019 | 02:20 PM

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Vicious95Z28

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There have been Holley Stealth Ram intakes converted, single plane conversions, yes a few sheetmetal intakes have been built and the one that actually really interests me is the TPIS Miniram. I'd really like to see what it's capable of in ported form. i think the biggest complaint with the stock manifold is actual plenum volume, you're only just going to be able to hog out so much. The Miniram offers more plenum volume from the getgo. Unfortunately it's a $900 gamble that not many people have tried so who really knows the results unless you start digging around for some SBC builds using the Miniram originally designed for TPI cars. Problem with that is I'm uncertain if it's an unchanged design for the LTX from the original.