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Jun 16, 2014 | 02:49 PM

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That looks bitching! Maybe you should *cough cough* do mine!

lol!

Jun 16, 2014 | 02:51 PM

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That looks bitching! Maybe you should *cough cough* do mine!

lol!

lol thanks man!

Jun 17, 2014 | 03:20 AM

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thats a great way to clean up engine bay ,
i think it will hold for N\A engine maybe if you can test it more to confirm rigidity

thanks for your effort and ideas sure appreciate it

Jun 17, 2014 | 01:11 PM

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Doing some easy math lets say the surface area of the outside of the intake is 18"x6" (just guessing sitting at work), thats 108in^2. Idle vacuum is usually 7psi (50kpa) or so with a daily driver type cam, so thats 108*7=756lb trying to crush the intake.

On hard decel, manifold vacuum drops down to 20-30kpa, so 3.5psi, 180*(14.7-3.5)=1210lb.

this guy says truck manifold is made of nylon 6/6.
LS1TECH - View Single Post - Smoothed Truck Intakes

properties of nylon 6/6
Plastic Products, Inc.: Nylon physical properties

Heat deflection occurs at 66 psi 490 degrees F
curious of manifold temp under boost?

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Jun 17, 2014 | 01:54 PM

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been waiting to see someone do this! now i think i will do mine but not go as far as relocating all the connections..just remove all the fins and colormatch it

Jun 17, 2014 | 04:21 PM

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Here's a couple videos with the engine running with this intake on. I'm still learning to tune but Its running decent.

Walk around and engine close up right after swap video:
5.3 Swap Update! Its in and driving! '87 Chevy Truck - C10 R10 LS1 - YouTube

Test drive video:
'87 Chevy Truck Test Drive After 5.3 4L80E Swap - C10 R10 LS1 - YouTube

Jun 17, 2014 | 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Boost-freak

thats a great way to clean up engine bay ,
i think it will hold for N\A engine maybe if you can test it more to confirm rigidity

thanks for your effort and ideas sure appreciate it

Awesome. thanks man! Glad to hear its appreciated.

Jun 17, 2014 | 04:38 PM

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been waiting to see someone do this! now i think i will do mine but not go as far as relocating all the connections..just remove all the fins and colormatch it

Yea man, they look much better with just that done also. I hope to smooth mine more and color match it to my truck later.

Sep 26, 2014 | 01:20 PM

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Update: Truck is still running great with this intake on it. I've had no noticable leaks or issues with it. I have been daily driving it and even drove it about 3hrs to LS Fest a few weeks ago.