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Old 06-13-2007   #177 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RallyBob View Post
My next intake project (for me, not for sale!) is a fully fabricated intake from scratch, with hammer-formed runners that are .063" thick, and with a fully hand-shaped plenum. I suspect it will weigh about 1/2 what a stock intake weighs, and I can finally remove the OEM tight curves of the stock intake, as well as enlarge the runners consistantly. It will have to sit a bit higher than stock too, so it won't fit under a GT hood. I'm guessing about 12 hours of labor to actually fabricate it, but I've already started making my hardwood hammerforms for it.

Bob
Are we going to see any photo's as you make the intake??
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