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Old 01-23-2001, 12:38 AM
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Car: 1992 Z28
Engine: 355
Transmission: 700R4
Anybody ever seen one of these ?

What would the advantages of this be ?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cg...item=546236728

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Old 01-23-2001, 02:00 AM
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Car: '88 Firebird Formula 350
Engine: Built 383 TPI
Transmission: Built 700r4
Axle/Gears: 9 bolt, 3.27:1 Posi
All plastic? You'd need to get the runners and a lower intake to match. Seem a little too massive. Forget about it.

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Old 01-23-2001, 04:51 AM
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I actually came across that Saturday night(I'm always looking for cheap parts on EBay - for one project or another). I kinda wonder what inspired the manufacturer -MRP- to produce that plenum and if it was intended for use on an operational motor?
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Car: 1986 Pontiac TA
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MRP was a company that offered high performance aftermarket composite pieces for the GM TPI. I had totally forgotten about them until I saw this post. I believe the reason for composite was cost and the thermal
advantage of the plastic. It doesn't get hot! It's not a bad buy for $40 or $50.

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Old 01-23-2001, 02:33 PM
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I have no intentions of buying it.I just thought I would share

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HiTech5,

I've actually been trying to acquire an early-style plenum from EBAy or other auction sites. But I wanted to get it cheap enough that ruining it during testing and/or modding wouldn't make me feel guilty for intentionally wasting money. The fact that this item has a removable top makes the likelihood of ruining it less.

Do you have any contact info on MRP. I tried at 4 search engines, and the only viable company I came up with was "MRP Racing", but invariably the link was broken. I'd like to know if they still offer this piece(or a version of it) and what price they charge for it(so I can put in an intelligent bid in for it at EBay).

Any info you could supply would be most appreciated.
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I believe that MRP has gone out of business. Without having the plenum in your hand to tell exactly the condition,don't go higher that $75.00

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