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Old Mar 29, 2014 | 05:24 AM
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Thx for the educate me and sorry for the dumb question
My next question is ported intake manifold is it really worth it ? Any member done this ? What do u really get out of this mod ?

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Old Mar 29, 2014 | 06:23 AM
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There isn't a N/A motor on the planet that uses an intercooler. If you make the intake pipe too long it would require too much vacuum to suck air in and effectively lose any HP gained by the small amount of cooling was done to intake air. I'm not sure what you were looking at but it was probably the radiator.
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Old Mar 29, 2014 | 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by G9N
There isn't a N/A motor on the planet that uses an intercooler. If you make the intake pipe too long it would require too much vacuum to suck air in and effectively lose any HP gained by the small amount of cooling was done to intake air. I'm not sure what you were looking at but it was probably the radiator.
Ohhh hahaha thanks !!
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Old Mar 29, 2014 | 12:44 PM
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Thx for the educate me and sorry for the dumb question
My next question is ported intake manifold is it really worth it ? Any member done this ? What do u really get out of this mod ?
There's one member who did it. You'll have to search for it. I think he only reported a net gain of 1-6 HP through the range but the mod was something like $1300. If you have deep pockets and done all the other power boosters, then go for it.
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Old Mar 29, 2014 | 02:40 PM
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There's one member who did it. You'll have to search for it. I think he only reported a net gain of 1-6 HP through the range but the mod was something like $1300. If you have deep pockets and done all the other power boosters, then go for it.
1-6 hp wow god... And i assume thats not even whp .. Thats hmm
How about any cam upgrade ?
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Old Mar 30, 2014 | 07:14 AM
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It was a contested 8-15 whp so assume 10whp gain from the ported intake manifold. If you've got the desire and $, 10 whp is 10whp. Go for it!
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Old Mar 31, 2014 | 10:47 AM
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1-6 hp wow god... And i assume thats not even whp .. Thats hmm
How about any cam upgrade ?
Playing with cams without the ability to tune sounds like a disaster to me
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Old Mar 31, 2014 | 05:57 PM
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I believe darbs had his intake manifold ported a few years back. If my memory serves, he said it makes modest gains including more low end torque. It actually hurt his top end though when he went to nitrous. If you have no plans for nitrous, then go for it if you have the money and a good shop to do the porting.
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