Look what came in the mail

[LETZRIDE]

Finally got ahold of one. A member on FTV6 had an Holden Upper Intake he didn't need and so he sent it my way. Finally arrived in my hands tonight :drool:


Being it is the xmas holidays and I have a little bit more time on my hands, I'll hopefully have some time to rethink how I want to make this piece work and exactly which route I plan on taking with it.

[FIREBIRDV6RAGE]

Re: Look what came in the mail

so .... what is that , its diferent i have never seen one or heard of it. mind filling me in:o

[2.8 Bird]

Re: Look what came in the mail

so .... what is that , its diferent i have never seen one or heard of it. mind filling me in:o

It's part of Holden V6's intake which is the same engine as ours.

I don't think there's any real advantage to that intake though.

[FIREBIRDV6RAGE]

Re: Look what came in the mail

It's part of Holden V6's intake which is the same engine as ours.

I don't think there's any real advantage to that intake though.

so its just for look?

[2.8 Bird]

Re: Look what came in the mail

so its just for look?

It's functional. I think the Holden Commondore has this type of intake due to space.

[FIREBIRDV6RAGE]

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well yea but i meant by just for looks was does it have better flow or same as stock , any improvements over stock set up ect.

[LETZRIDE]

Re: Look what came in the mail

It's a better design than our intake setup. Plus it makes for a ton easier to fabricate a custom top piece for these cars. They are just damn hard to get a hold of. Only a handful of guys are running these

[akirony]

Re: Look what came in the mail

It's part of Holden V6's intake which is the same engine as ours.

I don't think there's any real advantage to that intake though.

^^^^^THIS^^^^
And doesnt this make fitting a SSEI S/C a helluva lot easier?

[Docta]

Re: Look what came in the mail

Well an M90 takes the place of an intake, so no. Shouldn't change a SC top swap. Definitely looks better though.

[ssms5411]

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Looks good.

[ACiFiC]

Nice find!

[akirony]

Re: Look what came in the mail

Well an M90 takes the place of an intake, so no. Shouldn't change a SC top swap. Definitely looks better though.

Yeah I kinda figured that out after looking at more pics of a gtp that I almost bought. Guess I was thinking of something else that people swap from holdens. But I dont think I could get rid of my ram air offset intake. I hate to say it but it kinda looks like fords 3.8L.

[transamtom1]

Re: Look what came in the mail

Nice buy Mike,you should be saving for an LS though;)

1.75 60ft 12.26 at 110.71 last time out 11/18 :)

[LETZRIDE]

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I bought the LIM probably 3 years ago. I luckily stumbled upon getting the upper free about a month ago and it finally got into my hands the other day.

It'll still be a long time before this thing gets on. I need to build off a custom upper intake manifold using this piece, then port both the lower piece and match the upper piece.

Then there is always after thoughts of nitrous...maybe adding provisions in for a hidden system. I've seen it on other manifolds. Run a direct injection style to all 6 runners from underneath where that tiny space is. When it's on the car no one would be able to see it, or maybe a meth setup...

^ sorry I was dreaming out loud lol.

I can't move to an LS....They still have the track open??

I downloaded a DA finder application on my Iphone, it retrieves it automatically from your current location...I've been checking it daily. I bet if you go now you could beat that time even more so...but that's solid nonetheless

[2.8 Bird]

Re: Look what came in the mail

If you plan on doing NO2 then I see why this would be a better intake.

But I hope you Keep breaking new grounds as a NA V6.