cal30_sniper

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Hello all,

I've been searching for days on this topic, and have yet to come up with a definitive answer. I've seen lots of speculation, half starts, and Camaro builds, but yet to see anyone actually put one of these things under a factory T/A hood.

Does anyone know definitively if either of these intakes will fit under the 3rd Gen T/A hood without having to cut the hood brace?

I've seen the Pro Flo installed in a C4 vette with no hood mods, so that hints that it might go in an Firebird as well. However, Tony89GTA abandoned his attempt due to hood clearance issues. I'm assuming that's because he was using poly engine bushings. How much do those actually raise the engine? I've also seen an '85 Trans Am for sale before with a Ramjet Crate motor, but I have no idea what they did to the hood to get it in there.

I've taken the following measurements from the engine/block mating surface to the high point at the throttle body/intake interface:
Factory TPI: 8.5"
GM Ramjet: 9.5"

The Ramjet throttle body angles down after that, so that should be the likeliest point of interference.
The Pro-Flo supposedly is 9.0" tall at the front, but the throttle body appears to come out completely straight. Could I get away with that intake running the 75mm throttle body off the Ramjet intake?

Thanks fellas, I'm really looking for a definitive answer here without having to completely remove my TPI and test fit the Ramjet with modeling clay only to find out it won't fit and I'm out that many gaskets and time. Ditto on ordering a Pro Flo XT setup only to find out it won't work.

-cal30sniper

Tuned Performance

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The Pro-flo works fine, Jason from Thirdgen customs has one on his z28 and a buddy of mine has one on his 85 C4 with the stock hook. But than again some of the hod support bracing may need to go.

LB87FORMULA

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I had to trim the hood bracing a little to fit the ramjet in my 87 Formula. With the sound insulation in place, you can't see.

Tony89GTA

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Just for reference, I did abandon the idea over using this intake due to hood clearance issues, though I do have poly bushings like mentioned before. It was about 3/8 to high, I'll have to dig up my pictures with the tape on the intake but I tried doing this year's ago so I kind of forgot some things. Another major issue was the 1204 port size, and no way of porting it out to a 1205 gasket without major welding. That right there kind of pissed me off enough to give up, sell the intake and go with something else.

I'm sure it would fit in a camaro just like everything else but then I think you're better off with a HSR.

Some pics of the intake in this link with the gasket issue.

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/alte...brock-pro.html