Frank, I doug up this old post to see if you modified
that intake you were talking to Eric about. Any tips,
yea's or nea's? Did it work out performance wise?
Thanks
GS -
>
> Eric,
> Do you have a copy of the article in Mopar Muscle or do you remember what
> issue it was in. My understanding is that you cut down the divider inside
> the manifold, I don't remember how much. I also think that you were supposed
> to shorten the runners. Again I need to know how much. I hope this is just
> as simple as machining the runners from the inside (cutting them down). If I
> remember, you had filled in some of the plenum with block filler?? One heck
> of a big plenum. Where did you put the block filler. Any help on locating
> the article or getting info would be great. I have one of the V-8 manifolds
> all cleaned up and ready for the mill.........
>
> Frank
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rekker21@aol.com [SMTP:Rekker21@aol.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, January 16, 1999 10:35 PM
> > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > Subject: Re: DML: Intake Manifolds
> >
> > In a message dated 1/16/99 8:44:19 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > Frank.T.Holloway@KP.ORG writes:
> >
> > << . I know some of you have modified these and I know there have
> > been articles written about the modifications. What I need to know is
> > what
> > works and what doesn't, HP gains and where in the powerband these gains
> > occur. This is the next step in the Stage II TB evolution >>
> > Frank,
> > As you know, I did the intake mod to my 5.9. It, in my opinion is the
> > perfect complimentary modification you can do for your TB mod. Mopar
> > Muscle
> > claims 10/12 HP. I'd agree with that, but the kicker is, it compliments
> > the
> > TB mod in the way that that hp and torque appear, its mostly mid and upper
> > RPM
> > band. MM claims it will raise your shift points about 300 RPM. Now since
> > I
> > don't know what my shift points would have been like prior to the mod I
> > cant
> > verify that at all. Did the mod at the same time as the 5.2-5.9 swop.
> > Over all, how could anyone say it isn't worth doing? You'll love it.
> > Eric
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