Btw, anyone get their stealth ram yet?

 

Yes, and it's installed but not on a 3rd gen Camaro/Firebird.

http://www.chevytalk.org/forums/Foru...ML/000526.html

Second day and thing are looking good.

 

Thanks SMasterson! A lot of us will be following your thread very closely.

 

7450 arrived this evening,, but the fuel rail kit ETA is 4/26. That's OK,, going to Super Chevy this week-end anyway. First impression - There is no pretty pictures or marketing propaganda on the box. It literally arrived in a plain brown wrapper with a part number on it. No big deal - cost effective in my mind. The factory packing is fairly good but I unwrap the plenum and it's not what I'd call clean,, metal shaving all in it. It's not very finished looking either,,, no big deal quick pass or two with the Scotch-brite pad will do the trick. Then I unwrap the base and my first impression of it is NICE. Then I pick it up,, and notice it's also "dirty" and has a lot of metal left on it from the machining process - no big deal I usually grind a little on most intakes anyway. The next "no big deal" is there is no built in lifter valley oil baffle. The intake is,, open all the way up to where the plenum bolts on,, so oil is going to get all over the runners unless you get a seperate lifter valley oil baffle. Since speedway motors sells one for $9.95,, and I've got one already,,, like I said,, no big deal right? But the real thing that's got me asking WHY,, HOLLEY WHY,,, you can't open the freaking intake ports to a 1206 without having it welded up. That's somewhat of a big deal to me even though I'll still probably install the intake. Plus,, you'll need the alternator bracket from an LG4 or L69,, and it looks like the waterneck from one of these should work,,, cause the TPI one sure isn't. Anyway I have some pictures,, anyone want mail that can post them in this thread?

 

Send them to Bort62@yahoo.com

Ill put them Up. Im interested to see a underside shot of the lifter valley Issue....

 

Yeah... It's just like BadSS said. I got mine yesterday and it was also in a plain brown box with good packing material. If you are a clean freak- you'll probably want the polished version. Mine is the non-polished and it was kind of dirty w/ metal shavings on it. Lucky for me- I'm not that much of a clean freak so I am completely happy w/ mine.

****No doubt the best part of this intake is THE PRICE****

 

I'm surprised to hear about the 1206 port matching issue. I could have sworn Doug Flynn mentioned that it could easily be port matched to a 1206, and possibly even a 1207 with minimal work.

 

Jim I just sent a few low quality digital pictures to Ian. Hopefully he'll post those for you all - Thanks Ian!!

Technically you could get the 1206 to work by dropping the gasket down and elongating the gasket's bolt hole openings,, then use that same dropped gasket to open up the heads. However, you would be lowering the port opening, moving in the wrong directed,, per say.