Should i get a new ported intake???

Should i ported the stock intake???

And what mm should it be ported to???

And stupid question....does the throttle body have to be ported also???

 

no!

 

Why such an adement no? Not a fan of porting devil dawg? Please say why. It may answer some questions to problems I'm having.

 

I've been seeing lately that some say the ported stocker vs ported FAST isnt that big a difference.

From a happy customer who had his FAST installed and tuned at an independent shop:

Customer 1:

Customer 2:

Passing power is greatly improved as is light to light driving for the everyday driver who doesnt want a high rpm only mod for drag racing.

My manifolds are ported and matched to stock heads unless you advise me of a different head.

Here is a lower 1/2 of the manifold being checked for port match. The manifold is on a stock 243 LS2 head to illustrate the airflow path:


Ported TB available at $100. Lots of extra work is done such as an epoxy painted frame and a polished motor assembly:



Throttle body on my car:


Pic of the finished plenum:


Runners arent hacked. Transitions are smoothed and then high speed buffing removes the tool marks. This is before the buffing:


The modded rear graft is held in place by large amounts of GOOP!! (kidding of course). JB Weld is used here and smoothed perfectly:


The rear mod pictured above is to allow it to fit the 2005 to 2007 without hacking up the firewall.

On the car:


Current FAST prep pricing is $339.00. It includes everything need to install it from fuel rail to injector o-rings. Return shipping is included to the cont 48 states. PAYPAL accepted with no additional fees.
PM for details/deals

I also port the stock manifold TB combo for $250+return shipping. PM for info.

 

I often see cars popping codes from over done porting on throttle bodies. If this happened to you I can help. Please PM. My throttle bodies do not set codes off and you dont have to delete those codes in your tune.

In addition the throttle bodies look really good after the porting. The motor assembly is polished and the frame is painted.

 

I have a ported fast by spinmonster and the results and performance were amazing.. In my opinion it was a very worth while mod. You will probably pick up somewhere around 20-25 rwhp with this intake.

 

Spin really knows what he is talking about. You won't be sorry if you go with a SpinMonster Ported FAST.

I love mine.

 

what? your having a problem because your manifold isn't ported? the stock 90mm manifold WILL support 1200hp,for the expense of a ported manifold I don't believe there worth, lets see some graphs of just a manifold swap, not anything else, no nothing! just a swap, weiand did this with an ls2 GTO{which is denutted to start with} and picked up 17hp, now their's was supposed to be about $650.00, look at the prices of the others, there's even an aftermarket car builder that stopped using the leading aftermarket manifold maker due to delamination issue's and said that hp loss /gain was minimal anyway! and then the fire wall issue, so let's see side by side graph's. oh yea, I'm not a fan of headers for the same reasons, money beter spent some where else! heck for the price of headers and a fast and installation. you can S/C and mop the floor with the other car!

 

This is an interesting point...in the past, putting a decent centrifugal supercharger on a late model Corvette has been somewhat cost prohibitive and complicated but now with these less costly 'all inclusive' kits out there and the advances in tuning software/capabilities it has become more accessible.
Going with an Eaton style (Magnacharger) is even more simple but 1) doesn't provide the same gains/can create some heat issues and 2) requires a hood swap which does unnecessarily add to the cost.
While I do not agree that one cannot obtain notable gains from a FAST intake, long tube header, CAI and tuning install (it has been proven time and again that one does gain from it), the cost of all of that (plus labor) could start to creep up very close to the cost of a base supercharger kit plus install and the net power results of that blower alone should easily exceed the gains obtained from the other parts.
Of course the blower install also benefits even more from the addition/inclusion of long tube headers as well but the CAI and FAST intake become unnecessary when doing a blower which is a plus.

 

I picked up almost .15 and 2mph in the 1/4 on a ported stock intake. Well worth the money in my opinion.

 

A base kit is 5200 and it needs a real tune. This is assuming you do the install yourself. 7k is the price installed at the cheapest places.

A fast 1100 and headers, 1500-1800 depending on model and a tune is less than 1/2 that and you do it in steps. I agree, if you can afford it get the S/C. Better yet do all the above and have 700rwhp. Mr BIG got 760 with a P1 head unit by maximizing all the mods listed here.

Most people take little steps but the fastest cars dont run without headers and some porting work.

Anyway, saying you can supercharge for the cost of headers, a FAST, and a tune is not true. You're off by $4k.

 

excuse me I've seen guys pay $3000 for headers/install alone, close to $2000 for a manifold/install alone, add tune. I can get a vortech INSTALLED/TUNED $6200.00, by the time these guys get done "doing it in steps" they've got that or more in it and still hav'nt got the HP! and have no issue's with smog or visual inspection!

 

Those prices you are quoting for parts and labor are stupid high. Your friends that are paying those outragous prices should shop around before they spend their money for mods....

 

As an example, Vette Doctor's here on Long Island is very reasonable with their shop rates.

 

not friends, people on the forum, whats the price for a set of long tubes? $1400-1800? how long for complete install, $75.00 an hr for labor would be cheap, more like $100-150 whats a tune?$3-500.00? and we still have to get the exhaust hooked up to the new headers, tell me all about stupid high, I live in the real world!

 

Texas Speed has a new header system out for $750. My Chevrolet dealership that does most of the work on my car is $65/hr, and they are VERY good.

 

You could get close to 3 grand, but 3000 would be real high.

Say 1700 for the most expensive headers, 500 for dynotune and 500 for install (which would be high...closer to 300 usually).

So I could see up to 2700 for headers, install, and tune....if you dont get a deal on anything and decide to buy ridiculously priced headers.

 

If you have the money to do the supercharger thats great go for it. I don't know why theres always the guys who say the LT and Intakes and porting are worthless and you should just jump in and get blown. Spinmonster is right, the LT's and intakes we can do in stages. Some of us asking these questions have just recently purchased our cars, and if we were looking to immediately drop in 7k for the kit, and 4-5k for the supporting mods right away, I think a number of us would have just bought a Z. He's asking about porting, why does it have to turn into an argument about FI?