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Old 03-12-2009, 12:40 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Thought the stock intake w/ hat looked crappy. Opinions on this..

Edelbrock 4.6 spider for EFI, their rails, Wilson elbow, 90mm accufab and Reichard racing adaptor plates..

I absolutely hate the cheap look of using the stock lower with a hat. I know it works, but someone convince me why it works that good before I pull the trigger on the above mentioned.

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Are you talking about keeping the lower intake with the stock intercooler vs. getting a different intake and running a front mount? Cost is the big difference, but you can always get an upper intake hat that gets rid of the upper plenum/elbow. I have a new upper intake hat and it works very well but i hate how it looks with the stock upper plenum. I am going to have a one piece made that will look similar to these two. The stock intercooler actually is also pretty efficient for keeping the temps down on my truck(76gts). If I were you, I would just get a custom upper intake made and keep the stock intercooler.




Also, if you can see that metal elbow for the coolant towards the back of the stock intake in the bottom picture. I had that pipe crack right where the steel is pressed into the aluminum manifold. I would suggest if you were going to be getting a new upper hat, that you cut that elbow off and have an aluminum fitting welded on with a bung/barb.

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This:

Plus this:

Plus this:


With these fuel rails:

And finally these adapter plates:
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Old 03-12-2009, 03:15 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Im talking ditching the stock water to air, heat exhanger bs and going this intake with a big A2A.
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Include an intercooler with your pictures, with the piping.
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Old 03-12-2009, 10:20 AM   #6 (permalink)
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I just switched to the edelbrock intake with adaptors, using the edelbrock elbow (not the wilson) and a 90mm TB. it looks bad ***
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Old 03-12-2009, 02:12 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Thats whay I was looking for skid!..

Shoot us some pics here or send them over to my email if you would..
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This:

Plus this:

Plus this:


With these fuel rails:

And finally these adapter plates:

all that ^^^^
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I will post pics after this weekend.
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I assume you are aware the 4.6 intake will not fit a 5.4?
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I assume you are aware the 4.6 intake will not fit a 5.4?
That's why they're using adapter plates.
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Old 03-20-2009, 01:01 PM   #12 (permalink)
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We said this all ready Keith. But I like the Hat in the stocker. Like JLP is using With a V welded in it to redrect the air to the ports.
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