In all seriousness, I knew my Supercharged 355 would want as much air as it could get and I didn't want to spend the money on an aftermarket base, just in case I switched intakes...

 

It looks good, especially the head side. You did a nice job. You might be able to open the runner side a little more but overall I like what you did.

 

I agree. As limited as the factory casting is, you did open it up quite a lot.

 

Decided to leave the runner side a little thick because the motor will see over 20 lbs of boost...

As much as I'd like to take credit, I didn't do it. A friend of mine did...

 

I'm contemplating doing the same thing with my tpi (using an aftermarket base), but I am not sure if the gains will be work it. Does opening up the tpi intake make a big difference with forced induction engines?

 

Sure it will, theres a lot of meat on the stock casting which is good cause they need help. Did one yrs ago took it to the extreme never got to use it. Changed hands a few times on another forum heard it was used but never got the results sure would like to know who has it now.
Had almost 30 hrs in that sucker

 

Looks nice. Should definitley help with all that boost ur running. Hats off to your buddy on the port job.

 

Thanks guys. Getting it on the engine this week. Can't wait to feed boost through it!

 

Looks good! I port stock TPI bases all the time and I can tell you that there is a lot more material than people think. I'm going to flowbench one soon to show that these can be real competition for aftermarket bases.

 

I a looking forward to see the results!