Intake?

[biggun6ss]

If I buy and install aftermarket intakes will I notice a difference in power or in throttle responce? I just had my head shaved and I am fixing to order a aftermarket timing plate and thinking about getting my flywheel lightened. Need to know who to send my flywheel to if anyone knows!

[broke]

BdBanshee or Boonman, they both do very nice work.

[wayfst]

I? I just had my head shaved and I am fixing to order a aftermarket timing plate and thinking about getting my flywheel lightened.

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i was thinking of getting a hair cut too. there is a difference in intakes. i have tried vitos and vortec, i could feel the difference be tween the two.

[biggun6ss]

Which intake performed better?

[ssanddemon]

I have the Pro Design Pro Flow. It's a good-looking piece, but I found that the integral boost bottle leaks (sand into my motor!) at the grommet. Kept chasing vacuum leaks at those grommets and tried everthing short of silicone sealer (cuz it's ugly) to get it to seal. Replaced the grommets, but eventually the new ones would pinch and start leaking again. I ended up taking off the bottle and using the factory balance tube across the top spigots. Just thought I'd throw that out there, I woulda been pissed if the motor had gotten hurt over this design flaw.

[locogato11283]

i run a billet boss intake. its a good lookin piecethat works very wel.. passionre here sells them.

[white trash]

i run a billet boss intake. its a good lookin piecethat works very wel.. passionre here sells them.

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Ive got the same one. Nice peice, really looks good on there.

[fast87]

ssanddemon, have you tried putting some very sticky wheel bearing grease or vaseline around the inside of the grommets?? it'll seal up any air gap since there's small vacuum in that area, it should be fine...i've done it on numerous projects without a problem so far

 

~Mark~

[hittintrees srh]

I got some Pro-Designs, and to be honest with ya, I realy didnt "feel" any power improvment.

 

But thats probably because I added 36mm lectrons at the same time.

 

One thing I know for sure. The Lectrons made a MASSIVE differance.

[ssanddemon]

fast87, it wasn't a matter of seal installation technique. The problem with the Pro Flow was in the alignment of the intakes in relation to the boost bottle. The two intakes are seperate, only connected by the bottle between them. Since the difference between the spigots was less than the difference between the holes in the bottle, the grommets had excessive pressure on one side, eventually causing them to be 'cut through' by the spigots against the edges of the holes in the bottle- if that makes any sense. The design of the bottle-to intakes is such that it requires near perfect alignment due to the lack of flexibilty of the grommet sealing system.- Off by a couple of milimeters and it's leaking/ damaged. It's one of those things that I could have corrected by enlarging the intake-to-cylinder mounting holes, but it was easier to throw the damn bottle away rather than to deal with it and keep the bottle for cosmetic reasons. It was in the way of my fuel filter anyway.

[Banshee Roost]

I installed stock size Trinity stage 4 intakes with stock crossover hookup and I defenitly felt a differance seemed to pull maore air in!