VORTECH intake base for TPI (about time)
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VORTECH intake base for TPI (about time)
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Re: VORTECH intake base for TPI (inmy84vette)
This maybe the bang for the buck.. So, I may use this on a stock L98 and gain 50 ponies..Thats 290 ponies and with some extra ponies from extra bolt ons I should be able to hit ZR1 status..IN a convert..
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Re: VORTECH intake base for TPI (Tolofou)
So, I may use this on a stock L98 and gain 50 ponies..Thats 290 ponies
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Re: VORTECH intake base for TPI (inmy84vette)
Is it still $400?
I remember I ordered a catalog around when it first came out, and their order system screwed up and they shipped and charged me for a Vortec TPI intake also .. that was fun to straighten out :banghead:
I'd love to jump to Vortec heads but the idea of $400 for a lower intake really really turns me off.. werent Chevys supposed to be cheap?? :D
I remember I ordered a catalog around when it first came out, and their order system screwed up and they shipped and charged me for a Vortec TPI intake also .. that was fun to straighten out :banghead:
I'd love to jump to Vortec heads but the idea of $400 for a lower intake really really turns me off.. werent Chevys supposed to be cheap?? :D
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Re: VORTECH intake base for TPI (Jim85IROC)
Does the engine still look stock after the new base is installed ?
Thks,
Robin
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Thks,
Robin
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Re: VORTECH intake base for TPI (zrracer)
Does the engine still look stock after the new base is installed ?
Thks,
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Vortec base:
Conventional base:
[Modified by Jim85IROC, 5:40 PM 3/11/2003]
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Re: VORTECH intake base for TPI (Jim85IROC)
Yeah, but 400 seems like alot after seeing complete intakes for my mustang for 500, and 200 for carbed ones :lol:
Either way it's probably one of the better deals, it just seems like a ton of money for an intake. I realize that the market for these intakes is NOT anywhere near as wide as they are for the other intakes. I'm sure you'd need different runners and a hogged out plenum to make that 50 more horsepower, but either way i'll probably go with the Vortec setup and some d-shaped pistons if i ever take my motor apart.
oh yeah, when I had the intake i looked at it pretty closely, it looks alot like a TPI base but the vortec heads have 4 intake bolts per side rather than 6.. and they're almost facing straight up, and they use reusable intake gaskets :thumbs:
[Modified by CarAteMyMoney, 10:43 PM 3/11/2003]
Either way it's probably one of the better deals, it just seems like a ton of money for an intake. I realize that the market for these intakes is NOT anywhere near as wide as they are for the other intakes. I'm sure you'd need different runners and a hogged out plenum to make that 50 more horsepower, but either way i'll probably go with the Vortec setup and some d-shaped pistons if i ever take my motor apart.
oh yeah, when I had the intake i looked at it pretty closely, it looks alot like a TPI base but the vortec heads have 4 intake bolts per side rather than 6.. and they're almost facing straight up, and they use reusable intake gaskets :thumbs:
[Modified by CarAteMyMoney, 10:43 PM 3/11/2003]