FAST 102mm with boost?
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FAST 102mm with boost?
Anyone running one yet with their boosted setup? I've heard/read that they are a lot better for boost then the previous FAST 90 intake manifold. 
Thanks!
Thanks!
Melting Slicks
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This is only becuase they don't blow up like the older ones did. From what i was told, they did fix the problem, but I think you would be disappointed in the total results VS the money spent.. maybe 10-15 hp for $1500 spent over an ls6 on a stock to stockish motor. bigger cubes maybe more, but not much
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Also, some interesting reading... checkout post # 15 Very little gains vs money spent.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...02mm-fast.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...02mm-fast.html
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This is only becuase they don't blow up like the older ones did. From what i was told, they did fix the problem, but I think you would be disappointed in the total results VS the money spent.. maybe 10-15 hp for $1500 spent over an ls6 on a stock to stockish motor. bigger cubes maybe more, but not much
Not really worth it.
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I'm a believer. Especially if your FI. Always ran a FAST 90 on my boosted setup... I wouldn't ever change it. Unless I build a sheetmetal manifold,..more then likely going to be running a FAST 102 @20psi+ on my own setup very soon. I did blow up a fast 90 but that was due to a nitrous backfire.
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This is only becuase they don't blow up like the older ones did. From what i was told, they did fix the problem, but I think you would be disappointed in the total results VS the money spent.. maybe 10-15 hp for $1500 spent over an ls6 on a stock to stockish motor. bigger cubes maybe more, but not much
I'm a believer. Especially if your FI. Always ran a FAST 90 on my boosted setup... I wouldn't ever change it. Unless I build a sheetmetal manifold,..more then likely going to be running a FAST 102 @20psi+ on my own setup very soon. I did blow up a fast 90 but that was due to a nitrous backfire.
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Are the extra 30 or so HP worth more than bragging rights when you get north of 700 rwhp though? Don't get me wrong, I had a perfectly good 9 second car and changed everything out for more HP
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For what I do with my car you bet its worth it. For some the hp from the intake doesnt validate the costs, but when you are trying to get every ounce of power out of a combo 30hp is well justifies the expense.
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Cant us what power these F/I makes at this point. Have to paddle into it all the way to 75 mph now. If a person is doing it just to say I have what ever the # is, then I guess yes it is. But then put it on the track or from red light to light or 1/4 someplace and see how that corvette gets the rubber to the road with his foot to the floor.
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...just need to make power. As much as possible. Couldn't really care too much about a dyno number, just how it performs on the street. 30rwhp on a dyno is only part of the number when your on the actual street/strip under load. Everything matters. If your just trying to make "700wheel" or 800--whatever..and you do that with a stock manifold,...sweet. I'm trying to get this thing stupid fast in the mile,... I need all the help I can get.
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...just need to make power. As much as possible. Couldn't really care too much about a dyno number, just how it performs on the street. 30rwhp on a dyno is only part of the number when your on the actual street/strip under load. Everything matters. If your just trying to make "700wheel" or 800--whatever..and you do that with a stock manifold,...sweet. I'm trying to get this thing stupid fast in the mile,... I need all the help I can get.
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I'm not the only one that has had fitment issues on a C5 using the 102's. There are a few ways to skin that cat, but if you want the biggest baddest plastic intake around then just make it work. 
There's no such thing in life that's a "bolt-on."
The LS7 I put it on pulled much harder to 7k than it did with the choked up LS6/Stock TB.
There's no such thing in life that's a "bolt-on." The LS7 I put it on pulled much harder to 7k than it did with the choked up LS6/Stock TB.
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Melting Slicks
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From: East Coast fl
I'm not the only one that has had fitment issues on a C5 using the 102's. There are a few ways to skin that cat, but if you want the biggest baddest plastic intake around then just make it work. There's no such thing in life that's a "bolt-on."
The LS7 I put it on pulled much harder to 7k than it did with the choked up LS6/Stock TB.
There's no such thing in life that's a "bolt-on." The LS7 I put it on pulled much harder to 7k than it did with the choked up LS6/Stock TB.
Exactly what is needed to make it work on a C5 since I am gonna pull the trigger on it possibly?