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Originally Posted by JoeAyalaM
Don't waste your money.
The MSD IM, would certainly help a very little bit, but unless you have enough fuel for full boost, it makes no sense. If not with lots of fuel delivery and an upgraded engine, you can just increase boost with a simple pulley swap and get the same result.
Yes, there could be a very little, almost unnoticeable improvement in intake temperatures due to a little less friction, but not worth it.
And the MSD IM is made of plastic, right? Could it break under high pressure? If you went that far, an alumminum one like the one made by Procharger or the one being developed by Goertz could be a better option.
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About our LT1/LT4 intake (used on all record holding Corvettes) I can say that it was never designed to really be a power "adder" of sorts, but merely something to replace the factory supercharger with on LT4 cars. (since nobody makes them)
We are not really set up to be an "intake" company, so these things take us about 8 hrs worth of man power to build each one.
(plus materials, and CNC machine time) So as you can guess not a real money maker for us.
I have however tested it back to back vs. a stock LT1 intake.
It does loose about 10 foot lbs of TQ for just 1,000 rpm of rev range.
(right at peak TQ) And it does pick up about 10 HP at the very top end.
Which is exactly what we thought it would do since it's a very short runner intake design. We wanted to to be ready for guys making 4 digit power numbers, and also rock solid to allow for meth installs and extra injectors.
It is made from 3/8ths thick alum. and billet. She's no lightweight piece.
