TIM!! Hate to say this man, but the openings on those
runners look pretty bad and uneven. They will probably
cause some turbulence and airflow imbalance even with
some of the extra gain you got. There is also a mod you
can do to the bottom intake cover which helps isolate
the intake from heat (oil splash). This involves welding
a fabbed piece of steel over the bottom cover. I've read
where this mod helps reduce pinging in the magnum while
towing as well.
GS -
Tim Berry" <coolva1@home.com wrote:
>
> Welp... i got my modified intake on.. took about 4-5 hours...
> Total cost was $75 for junkyard intake, $35 for gaskets, $6 for lunch at
> Arby's (for machine work), and $5 for RTV...
> I must say right after I put it on.. i was hating my self.... The thing ran
> slow as dirt.. i was like.. All this, for nothing... Well.. the more I drove
> it... the quiker it got... I noticed quite a bit of lost low end power, and
> I heard letting the PCV tube suck a lil ATF on a hot manifold will eat
> carbon in the intake... so I let her suck about 1/4 quart while givin it gas
> and ect, (didnt smoke much in the driveway) I took off after doing this..
> and talk about a smoke cloud... =-) She was a pinging and everything... but
> after a mile or so.. no smoke ect.. She still didnt have any low end on
> her.. so I was gona get some new plugs (Autolites) but the local Advance
> autoparts were outta the ones I needed, so I tryed the Bosch Platnums.. I
> got my low end back.. =-) I dunno bout Dyno #'s fer the autolites, but
> these gave me what I needed, and they seem great... Only thing that sucked
> bout putting them on.. is they are huge, and you have to take off the plug
> protector things on the block, and I had to shave the sides down in the
> outside of the sparkplug socket to make it fit .. Seems cool to me... My old
> sparkplug wires are Accel's and they have been from my 94 Dak.. (Time to
> change) So my MSD wires will be here about monday ($60 from Summit)
>
> My hypertech dosent look like its gonna make it before the DML meet in VA on
> 3/4 (that is about the time they will be shipping them out (what they say,
> anyways) Soooooo... With all the aditional mods, I'm expecting lower 15's or
> maybe 14's? (prolly not)
>
> Anyways.. if ya wanna see some pics of the intake job, here is a link..
> Questions/comments are welcomed coolva1@home.com
>
> http://24.2.42.16/images/ The intake*.jpg's are them... =)
> __________________________________________________________
> Tim Berry -- Chesapeake, VA
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