I am planning on dropping a 4.8/5.3 with T56 into my '92 Camaro and want to keep the Vortec intake for both budget sake and for the torque because this car is for autocross and track days. Anyway ....

Do they make an elbow that would move the throttle body down and out at a 45* angle, kinda like when people put a carb manifold on and still use the single blade throttle body they have that 90* elbow. Btw, it will be "drive by wire", no throttle cable.The idea is to lower the throttle body in hopes of having the smallest possible amount of stuff sticking through the hood. That's right, I'm just going to cut the hood, trust me the hood is dead anyway. The previous owner managed to do something to the front that would take a body man more time than it's worth to fix, that and the hood pins. Oh, and I will clean up the top of the Vortec manifold as much as possible, there are several threads online showing what not to grind down too far. Sorry, I couldn't search too well for this, I am on my phone and was hard enough to make this post.

Thank you,
Steven

 

Firebird or camaro?

I'd think with the camaro, you wouldn't need to cut the hood period

Firebird is a possibility. I know my intake is about 6-8" lower than the stock TPI intake

 

Camaro

I should probably add that in to the first post

 

You'll gain plenum volume for the elbow. Beyond that, if you can build it, it will no give any ill effects

The hood will still require a chop to fit the truck intake and alt

 

I have thought about the increase in plenum volume and have been wondering about how that would effect it. In theory, I guess, it's designed for the 5.3L so a 4.8L would already have "too much" plenum volume and then add the elbow.... I too don't think it would have an effect on the power output, just decrease throttle response, especially on the 4.8.

As far as the alternator, I plan to relocate it to a lower position. I was just going to use a few pieces of plate and angle steel to relocate it to the far left of the engine. It won't look pretty, but it should work and won't have to have my alternator sticking out of the hood. Not sure that particular component would like to be in the rain.