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Old 08-12-2011, 06:03 PM
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Nice to see a company step up and take Jason up on his offer. It's a crying shame that nobody else took him up on that. I thinks it says a lot for what companies "actually" think of their own products if they're afraid of what the results will show.
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Thanks guys. We want to know the "real" deal on our work. If our manifold would have shown no benefit I would have stopped producing them tomorrow.

I was confident it would show well because we have learned through testing and experimentation. We appreciate Katech and we appreciate your business.

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Originally Posted by Stage7
Good of you to take the time to test this and post the results. (also good of BER to step up and submit for the test knowing the results would be posted good or bad.)
and applaud Katech.
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Jason, did you notice anything about this porting job that distinguished itself from the other intake porting you have seen?

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Curious to know the answer to this question myself.
Old 08-12-2011, 06:33 PM
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Wow! Man, applaud Jason for accepting and performing an objective test in addition to posting a result that favors porting of the LS3 intakes unless you want a few more horses with the FAST. Of course, BER a BIG THUMBS UP for a super porting job and putting out your product for testing. Thanks for honesty and honesty . . . says a lot for Katech and Bare Essentials Racing.
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Originally Posted by Justinjor
Curious to know the answer to this question myself.
Me too.
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you have to remember the old saying to much can be a bad thing, when porting half the work out there is strickly show. meaning what looks good to the customer"oh that looks good must work well" no not the case if you remove too much or in the wrong area you can or will actaully hurt flow.ive seen some of these other manifolds ,they actually structually weakin the the manifolds by removing too much material. thanks katech,
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I have asked Jason not to divulge specifics of our intakes. After all if we tell you exactly what we do then what good are we. LOL Thanks for all the kind comments. Remember BER produces these for $200 after core refund. You absolutely can not beat the bang for the buck or our prices for what you get. Also please keep in mind that we produce hand ported/polished LS 2/3/79 throttle bodies for all years. We look forward to serving you. Remember that when you buy from BER you will be completely satisfied or we take it back with no restocking fee or other charge and refund the purchase price.

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Good enough Cajun-thank you for chiming in. Question though--do you port your manifolds the same, regardless of head choice, or does it vary? Reason I ask, I'm about to be doing my cam swap and was going to port the IM at the same time and I'm considering your services. I just have the factory LS3 heads.
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Originally Posted by Justinjor
Good enough Cajun-thank you for chiming in. Question though--do you port your manifolds the same, regardless of head choice, or does it vary? Reason I ask, I'm about to be doing my cam swap and was going to port the IM at the same time and I'm considering your services. I just have the factory LS3 heads.
We port them the same way. We dont put much stock in "port matching". It sounds awesome but tests have shown conflicting data concerning benefit. We will stick with what we know works over and over again. Please do let us help you out and if you would like to get a set of ported LS3 heads and send those back as core let me know. You will get prices that are unbelievable and I think our expertise in porting is becoming more evident with every customer we provide worked parts to.
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Can you PM the price of ported LS3 heads and expected performance gains? Thank you
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Originally Posted by ccajun4real
I have asked Jason not to divulge specifics of our intakes. After all if we tell you exactly what we do then what good are we. LOL Thanks for all the kind comments. Remember BER produces these for $200 after core refund. You absolutely can not beat the bang for the buck or our prices for what you get. Also please keep in mind that we produce hand ported/polished LS 2/3/79 throttle bodies for all years. We look forward to serving you. Remember that when you buy from BER you will be completely satisfied or we take it back with no restocking fee or other charge and refund the purchase price.

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I'd like to comment on that part of your post. That's a very good policy. Period. And smart biz, too. Applause.
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Originally Posted by Justinjor
Can you PM the price of ported LS3 heads and expected performance gains? Thank you
I'd be curious to get the cost and expected performance gains pm'd as well Cajun.
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Solid results!
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Hey Jason are there anymore tests with our intake? I know last time we talked you said you wanted to hold onto it for more comparision. Thanks again brother
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Old 04-28-2012, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by ccajun4real
We port them the same way. We dont put much stock in "port matching". It sounds awesome but tests have shown conflicting data concerning benefit. We will stick with what we know works over and over again. Please do let us help you out and if you would like to get a set of ported LS3 heads and send those back as core let me know. You will get prices that are unbelievable and I think our expertise in porting is becoming more evident with every customer we provide worked parts to.
Can I ask how the BER LS2 ported intake manifold compares to the Fast 102 on the LS2??

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Can I get pm'd also on the ported LS3 Heads and possible gains with your LS3 ported intake on a LS2?

Thanks
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i guess i know who im buying my ls3 intake from


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