Swaie

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I am about to do the ls1 intake swap. Can I just shave the bottom of the intake with my dremel and use my coolant hoses that are already there instead of changing the hoses?

fbodyman1026

iTrader: (11)

Yeah, by grinding the ribs off the the ls6 intake, making it flush with the bottom of the intake you can still use the stock coolant lines. If you do a search you could actually find the exact ones you need to shave off but I just did all of them. Just a little extra weight reduction

c5z28

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Heres a link
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...532&highlight=
I started a thread on this a while back if you look there are two links provided one show exactly where to chisel the fins.

jrpimp00

iTrader: (17)

I did the entire bottom, sealed up great no leaks..

DOUBT IT

iTrader: (13)

Dremeled the 1st one (mine)

Chiseled the 2nd one (a friend's)

Out of the two, I would recommend the chisel method. Took me all of 15 minutes. Took me almost an hour being careful with the Dremel.

qwk93ta

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Are new coolant lines expensive or a PIA to change?

zr0skilz

iTrader: (1)

You can get the line and the 2 rear plugs for around $40 new. The swap is easy though; it's just 4 bolts after the intake is off.