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Old Apr 6, 2004 | 09:45 PM
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Car: 1992 firdbird formula
Engine: 5.7 tpi
Transmission: 700r4
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which intake manifold would be best for a car with a 350 with headers exhaust chip and 3.73's?
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Old Apr 7, 2004 | 01:45 AM
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Car: 1990 Iroc-Z
Engine: L98
Transmission: 700R4
Stock heads and cam stay with the TPI. Port it yourself (good) or get better aftermarket stuff and port that (more betterness). After that tune the chip again.

The free flowing exhaust and free flowing intake will wake up the heads and cam (which kinda suck, but aren't THAT bad). The heads and cam are made for the torquey design of the TPI - so stay with the TPI.
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Old Apr 7, 2004 | 03:09 PM
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Car: 1992 firdbird formula
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holly

whats about the holly setup.is it worth it and what all will i need. The chip i have is from jet, will it be oaky?
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Old Apr 7, 2004 | 03:16 PM
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Car: '86 Caprice Classic
Engine: 350 TPI
Transmission: TH-700, completely built
the holley stealth ram is nice, but you aren't pushing anywhere near the horses that are needed, or even recommended, for the HSR. Actually, I would expect you would LOSE power by going with the HSR. The TPI is a nice system, so stay with that. Port out the intake manifold (search for a previous thread of mine that discusses this--it was only done a few days ago), get a set of SLP or compliant runners and port them, port the plenum, and get a nice intake like a cold air one. Then get all the stuff to burn your own PROMS, or at least get one burnt for you. The Jet one isn't anything special at all and won't do hardly anything for you, especially after a good amount of mods.
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Old Apr 7, 2004 | 03:41 PM
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Car: 1992 firdbird formula
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i'am thinking about going with the acel lingenfelter manifold runners and plenum. Do you know anyone who burns chips? what else will i need?
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Old Apr 7, 2004 | 03:56 PM
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Car: '86 Caprice Classic
Engine: 350 TPI
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yea, there is a guy who burns chip as kinda a business or somethin (I think its "____ for less" or somethin like that) and is pretty cheap, but I know that Speed & Performance burns chips. But, keep this in mind. Your car is SD. That means that it isn't to kind to any mod you make. So that means, whenever you want to get all the power you can out of your car, you will have to get a new chip after just about every mod you make. Now, you can get a custom chip for ~$200, or for the same amount of money in equipment you can burn all the chips you want for like $6 a chip.
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Old Apr 7, 2004 | 04:07 PM
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I have talked to both fastchip and pcmforless and they are both good for custom proms. Stay away from the high breathing intakes, they'll mismatch your valvetrain.
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Old Apr 7, 2004 | 09:49 PM
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chips

where can i buy the stuff to make my own.how hard is it?can i make them for other cars?
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