first of all, i did do a search....
does anyone know who designed the tpi intake?? a single person, an engr team, etc... did it start off with a sketch, prototype, by accident??
imo i think its the best looking engine ever, even til this day.... its easy to work on, everything accessible and smooth looking...
the concept of 8 tube runners and front air intake i think its amazing....

 

anyone..???

 

A team of GM Powertrain engineers whose design goal was good emissions, fuel economy and power out of the corporate 305 engine.

 

as a joke someone built a spider out of old gm parts laying around and dubbed it tpi! lol love the tpi look shame its held back so much then again think about TPIS they help us tpi die hard fellas push the envelope.

 

That's not it. A much simpler MPFI (that looked like the 3.1 V6 MPFI of the same era, or even the LT1) could have been stuck on the old SBC and acheived the same emissions and economy goals.

There's no question that the TPI spent as much time in the styling department as it did in the engineering department. If it wasn't for the Corvette, there's no way GM would have spent the $ to design an intake for asthetics on a Camaro. I agree that the TPI is the most beautiful intake in automotive history, and I would love to see some early developement drawings of it.

 

Then GM cheaped out and put the intake designed for a 305 on the 350

 

Except you have to dismantle it to do simple jobs like injector replacement.
Work on a MR ,HSR or LT1 intake and cut your time to 25% of that needed for a TPI ( and no gasket replacement needed)