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Smoothing a TBSS intake, vs structural integ??
Ok hears the deal.. Have a new TBSS intake.. I have been bouncing the idea around of smoothing it out on the top, painting it black.. My ??? Is how much will this affect the strength of it, by removing the raised ridges?? The intake is pretty beefy, I feel it should be fine, even on boost. What do you guys think?? I know, if i wanted pretty I should have went with a diff intake, but I couldn''t justify spending 1xxx on that, along with the supporting things it needed, to only get few more hp over what this could get me..Hell I am in this one for almost 500, I got really good deals on all the shit i bought for it.. Thoughts. opinions welcome.. Time is not a concern really...
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I'd say smooth it out, paint it, and run it. If it cracks, you could always seal it. I've seen where there take them apart to port the inside of them. They had to use some sort of glue or epoxy to put it back together. Or plastic weld it some how. I'd try it, it would look a lot better.
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You could get away with it. I would be more concerned since your boosting it. If you were NA it would be no problem.
I don"t know what the inside looks like. If there is any structure in it. That is a pretty large area with 10psi on it that is quite a bit of force. |
Anybody else???
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I have one thats been ported its strait tru in the inside..I can fit my arm into it..its opens up to 92mm..the guy that sold it to me did it..so im not sure what he used to seal it..it looks like an epoxy of some sort...but yea it makes the top of it look nasty..I've been thinking of smoothing it out layer a bit of fiberglass and bondo/resin mix to smooth it out...
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Did you ever have the truck dyno'd with that intake??
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Is there a lot of crap in the way in the TBSS intake to make porting worthwhile?
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What kind of boost are you running?
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Currently 12 ish
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I had mine off and did a mild port job to just the opening, I also ground off all the studs and garbage EXCEPT for the ribs. It should be plenty thick though, from what i saw when I partially cleaned mine up, it was beefy.
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Do you think there would be any benefit to doing this to the stock nbs 78mm intake?
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Originally Posted by Rhino79
(Post 4694473)
I had mine off and did a mild port job to just the opening, I also ground off all the studs and garbage EXCEPT for the ribs. It should be plenty thick though, from what i saw when I partially cleaned mine up, it was beefy.
You have any pics?? This will def get done if I can some how get the wire harness off of it, rerouted some. But from the sounds of what I have been told, that harness is not going to move much, unless I take it out, redo it.. :( FUKN BUMMER
Originally Posted by Bama2door
(Post 4694479)
Do you think there would be any benefit to doing this to the stock nbs 78mm intake?
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Originally Posted by Mangled03gmc
(Post 4694486)
You have any pics?? This will def get done if I can some how get the wire harness off of it, rerouted some. But from the sounds of what I have been told, that harness is not going to move much, unless I take it out, redo it.. :( FUKN BUMMER
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Originally Posted by Rhino79
(Post 4694488)
Ill take some now, I did mine and rerouted the harness a bit without cutting it at all besides taking the map wires out of the loom to reroute it. Gimme about 10-15 ill have em up!
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Originally Posted by Mangled03gmc
(Post 4694494)
Beautiful. Also gime some details what you did as far as the harness.. Thanks
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Originally Posted by Mangled03gmc
(Post 4694486)
You have any pics?? This will def get done if I can some how get the wire harness off of it, rerouted some. But from the sounds of what I have been told, that harness is not going to move much, unless I take it out, redo it.. :( FUKN BUMMER
What smoothing it??? This is just cosmetic.. Unless your talking about porting it.. |
Here ya go:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...9/DSC01083.jpg http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...9/DSC01082.jpg http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...9/DSC01081.jpg http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...9/DSC01080.jpg http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...9/DSC01079.jpg http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...9/DSC01078.jpg http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...9/DSC01084.jpg I didnt do much with the harness really, I think I disconnected the map sensor and cut the tie wraps, split the loom to retrieve the map wires to give the extra room for the harness to set on the fuel rail sort of. Like I said, I didn't buzz the ribs, but just doing the little cleanup I did helped A Lot imo, lemme know whatcha think! |
I have debated, prepping and painting those ribs red. I basically used the cutoff wheel and that was it, didn't spend a lot of time with it. But its on my list to do.
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That looks fukn fabulous.. If i can get my harness like that I would be happy.. Just hope I don't run into issue with the harness and the blower( since it sits in the driver side fender area) Thanks for the pics.. So the harness moved pretty easy once you popped all the fasteners off the intake that held it.. Thanks again.. Def gives me some thoughts on what to do.. As far as the map goes, did you use the one in the TBSS intake or the one from stock one? Did you change anything in the tune after the intake, other then fuel???
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Originally Posted by Rhino79
(Post 4694519)
Here ya go:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...9/DSC01083.jpg http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...9/DSC01082.jpg http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...9/DSC01081.jpg http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...9/DSC01080.jpg http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...9/DSC01079.jpg http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...9/DSC01078.jpg http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...9/DSC01084.jpg I didnt do much with the harness really, I think I disconnected the map sensor and cut the tie wraps, split the loom to retrieve the map wires to give the extra room for the harness to set on the fuel rail sort of. Like I said, I didn't buzz the ribs, but just doing the little cleanup I did helped A Lot imo, lemme know whatcha think! |
Mangled, I was tbss stock!!! I was lucky. That being said even with a lil port on the inside of the intake and the tb, I had to fine tune the fuel again.
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:sigh: You dick :jest: (jkn)lucky you.. None the less that looks good. I would def smooth it out if I were you. Did the harness use to run over top of that one like the nbs trucks, or was it always tucked towards the back some??
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It ran on top, I will likely smoove it on out tho. Good sunday project.....
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You better post pics.... :D
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On a side note. I might just make a cover for it, that hugs it tight, covers the sensors, all up.. I am thinking stainless, polish it or brush it... Hmm me wheels are turning.....:secret2:
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Cleaning up that harness looks good. Smoothing it out would definitely make it look better. I would definitely do it over making a cover. Tidying up the wiring makes a huge difference in appearance. Smooth it out and color match it :thumb:
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Well there is some downfalls to smoothing it out.. There would be a few things still there, the MAP sensor, 2 vacuum ports.. I think I am leaning towards the cover. I assure you it will be done tastefully.. But I am still not 100% on how I am doing it yet..
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the wiring harness part is the easy part. I talked to my head porter and he said he would port mine for $150, I am thinking about buying another one for him to port before the LS1 goes in.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...tty/n2o007.jpg |
I didnt have to do anything to make the harness move. Just shoved it out of the way.
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...h/IMGP3592.jpg http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...h/IMGP3594.jpg Looks a lot better than on top. |
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Originally Posted by Mangled03gmc
(Post 4697941)
I seriously do not think that has been untouched.. Been ported or opened up,you can see the seal, fix on the 2 parts.. :hmmm:
peace Hog |
Originally Posted by hog
(Post 4698430)
of course it's been opened up.
peace Hog |
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