2002 Mote Carlo SS intake manifold

[9t9fb]

I bought a 2002 MC SS and i was looking at the engien to see what was different from mine, and saw the intake manifold is plastic.Is this better that the the one we got in our cars?And i think it will fit too!

[Ike]

I don't think the throttle body openning is on the correct side (it will be into the firewall). But if it is (the side with the pulleys) maybe you should try it out. Unless it will turn around and the fasteners line up. Let us know.

[toast]

I really dont see any benfit with going to the compisate upper intake plus it will not work on our cars.

[9t9fb]

Yeah i saw that the T/B side is backwards in that setup.Thanks for the replys.

[phoenix64]

That would be sweet if it would work, it would reduce heat soak. So whos gonna try it?

[John_D.]

You would have to turn the intake around. Which could be done if you remove the locating pins.

But the plastic upper intake doesn't match our aluminum bottom intake. (the ports are different size/shape - rectangular vs. teardrop)

You could put a matching lower intake on too, but then you'd have nowhere to put the fuel injectors, since ours are in the aluminum intake (vs. in the heads).

You could swap on a set of L67 heads with fuel injector bosses in the heads, but that's a lot of work, swapping heads and both intakes.

Plus there are some coolant plumbing differences, especially if you flip the intake around so the tb is in the front of the motor...

Some thin delrin spacers for the intake halves would probably be as effective, and a whole lot easier.

[Mister_Johnny99]

Didn't GM have alot of problems with those warping?