Hey guys i have Carb right now but im thinking of switching to fuel injection for my new motor......can you guys show me some of the cleanest Tpiinstalls you have pics of.....im just not sure if i wanna deal with all the clutter and the messy engine bay things....so show me how you mighta cleaned up your engine bay to make it look lessy messy and more pretty

 

Picture of TPI

 

Here's a few pics of my setup. I have non-smog headers (I welded an O2 bung to them), and I removed as much of the crap as possible, including the heater diverter box and charcoal cannister. I'm planning to put the AC back in, but in the meantime my engine bay is pretty empty.

 

sweet guys thanks for the pics....now would it be smater to goto a Lt1 intake for a 406?

 

yes....

 

Yes. Anything but a stock TPI would be better. A stock TPI type setup is going to rob you of too much HP on a 406, IMO.

 

1973 Nova
here

 

i like this set up... it looks like the TPI plenum and then goes into short runners like the mini ram or LT1...

 

Here's a better choice for a 406.

 

how bout this
all my lt1 intake stuff is for sale too. $750

 

750 for an LT1? That must include the TB and injectors and thermostat and lines, too?

 

Not very flashy, but clean

 

Dang it,, can't attach a photo from webshots,, and the image is too large to load from my hard drive - how do I reduce that?

Oh well,, here's a link showing my old LTR system and the new StealthRam

http://community.webshots.com/album/47141435dQyQLN

 

My camera isnt the best, but heres my TPI setup. I have a distributor cover its just not in this pic

 

Jim85IROC, Nice looking install there, but get those headers coated! Heh, looks so good until you spy the rusty headers

 

yeah, those headers look like hell. I bought some of that $40 ceramic paint crap from Summit because at the time I had nowhere near enough money for coated headers. That stuff was a waste of money.

1 3/4" coated headers are on next year's agenda, along with a new catback.

 

Hey 89irocz23, why are you selling the LT1 stuff?

 

Jim, did you do all the stuff right on those coatings, I've heard other people using them with success.

 

I didn't do it exactly as the instructions said, but I was pretty close. The instructions said to sand blast the headers before putting that stuff on. Sand blasting makes an unbelievable mess, so I stripped the paint off and sanded them with a semi-course sand paper. The coating stuck fine... it's still on the headers. It's just that the coating didn't prevent the headers from rusting.

 

Weird, I haven't tried mine yet, heard it worked well. Seems like if the coating stuck it wouldn't allow the rust to come through, but it may. The sandpaper must have worked since they told me if I did it wrong, it wouldn't stick.