Intake manifolds.

[Ziegelsteinfaust]

I have decided to turn my C10 into a more DD friendly vehicle. While I do miss the 475hp on tap, and awesome pulls to 6500 rpm. The basic rebuilt LT1 with 400hp roughly is such a nice driver. It has even got me thinking of swapping out the 4.88 gears for 3.73's. I feel dirty.


While not in the near term budget. I want to finish swapping it to fuel injection which is already 1/2 way done.

The mid 90's LT1 uses a short ram intake designed for hood clearance. Which didn't seem to hurt the big B-bodies economy at all.

Richard Holdener says from his testing that really low rpm is not dependent on manifold design. Like 2000-2500 rpm, and below. Engine dynamics are the determining factor.

So does anyone think TPI intake would do anything for mpg? Or that if I do it. I would just gain a good bit of low end torque, and cut off the top end.

Thoughts opinions