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Going to start sbe build on a two owner (counting me) 98 ss Camaro. Previous owner installed bbk intake and 85mm tb also coolant filter and ***** thumper cam with comp rollers springs and retainers. I installed a 4.30 gear mwc fab nine,tick master and monster level three, also mwc lca’s umi sfc. Car ran fine for what I was,but always room for more. So got in touch with the man himself Tony Mamo. Parts list is attached in photos hoping to get around 450 at the wheels, going to try with the bbk for now also trying a more budget friendly Mamo build so to speak
Parts list
Unfortunately no I’ve had the car right at two years and put about a thousand miles on it basically broke the clutch and nine inch in.lol gonna be tuff to find time to even do the work, I wanna do it myself but I also wanna drive it also right away first world problem I guess
I can tell you from my own experience that the bbk is going to hold that build back big time! I did a stock bottom end build with prc stage 2.5 5.3 heads and ms4 cam through an M6. The build made 385rwhp with bbk intake. Jason at TSP told me to get that POS off and put a fast 92 intake and TB on. I took his advice. Also took the MAF off and went speed density. Same dyno 2 weeks later the car put down 443rwhp!
Last edited by td1168; 06-24-2018 at 12:09 PM.
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I can tell you from my own experience that the bbk is going to hold that build back big time! I did a stock bottom end build with prc stage 2.5 5.3 heads and ms4 cam through an M6. The build made 385rwhp with bbk intake. Jason at TSP told me to get that POS off and put a fast 92 intake and TB on. I took his advice. Also took the MAF off and went speed density. Same dyno 2 weeks later the car put down 443rwhp!
So you gained 58 rwhp just from the intake swap alone? Nothing other than some minor tweaks to the tune for the intake swap?
The numbers don’t lie. The bbk intake is not as good as the LS6. Like I said, TSP told me if I ditched the bbk for a fast 92 the car would probably pick up 50rwhp. They were right! Point is that the bbk is a pretty looking POS!
The numbers don’t lie. The bbk intake is not as good as the LS6. Like I said, TSP told me if I ditched the bbk for a fast 92 the car would probably pick up 50rwhp. They were right! Point is that the bbk is a pretty looking POS!
That's very surprising. I seem to recall an article comparing all the intakes and the bbk and ls6 were within a couple hp of each other
There are a lot of factors that come into play when it comes to airflow through an intake... that being said, 50 rwhp is ALOT for just an intake swap. Granted anything is possible but I'd have to see some graphs to fully believe it lol.
OP - looks like a good build. I think ATM you're going to struggle to reach 450 at the wheels, mostly due to your intake. Go with a mamofied fast 102 and you'll be golden
06-23-2018, 09:35 PM
Mamo Sportsman 223 build 
