help!! is this an NPI intake?

[Night Shifter]

noticed today when i was swapping the new spark plugs today that the runners on my new intake manifold looked funny..then i noticed cutouts in between the runners that i could see the valley of the motor through.. thought it was odd so i took some pics...i think my installer effed up and got me an NPI intake mani...please tell me im wrong...but the car also feels like its lacking on power also.. not the best pics but here they are

i googled pics of NPI intakes and found this one on a crown vic forum and it looks identical to mine

please tell me im wrong...please? would an NPI intake mani even bolt up to PI heads without some kind of kit?

 

[Winters98GT]

I doubt it is an NPI. The water jackets are different. That is why you have to seal the PI intake on NPI heads when swapping. The only way I could think of, was if they used NPI gaskets. Even then, I don't think it would work. I might be wrong, though. Hope the motor is ok.

 

[Night Shifter]

i just found out by doing more googling its the dorman PI intake manifold which as you can tell by the smaller runners is a crappy smaller version of the ford intake mani meaning reduced flow and i might as well have a NPI on there

fml

 

[Winters98GT]

i just found out by doing more googling its the dorman PI intake manifold which as you can tell by the smaller runners is a crappy smaller version of the ford intake mani meaning reduced flow and i might as well have a NPI on there

fml

no worries, take that crap off and slap another one on.

Car-Part.com--Used Auto Parts Market. 50 bucks, problem solved.

 

[Night Shifter]

i know its not that big of a deal but damn all the work i just went through building this thing up and trusting another person to help me with this crap for him to end up ordering me the non Ford intake mani...now i gotta tear back into this thing on time i dont have and spend more damn money...

just annoying ya know...had a bad day already to turn around and realize this crap..ugh...sorry for the venting but damn...

 

[Mr. Rustypwnz]

yeah thats an npi intake bro

 

[Twista]

nope its a dorman pi intake..
****ty...

good luck on your new ford swap

 

[RedDaemon]

chillllll. itll take like 3hrs (maybe not even) to do and you will know it was done right because you did it

 

[98COBRA281]

yup.. its a droman PI intake, i have one sitting in my shed that we took off a friends car, and replaced with a FORD PI!

 

[Night Shifter]

thanks guys! man i had a ****ty day yesterday and was getting ready to throw in the new tr6 plugs when i noticed the small runners....go figure i was there doing all the install except the cams and the guy that installed the cams was like you have a new mani on the way and i was at work when he finished the cams and he thought he was being nice by finishing up the top end, which he was, but i just wish i woulda been there to deter that project..alls goo today i guess

 

[1fun281]

Ditch the Dorman, the one 98cobra281 has was mine, it sucked, the car woke up 10 million times more with the swap to a ford pi intake, dorman's are worthless...

 

[trombonedemon]

When exactly did you notice the lack power before or after you notice the intake? I use the Dorman, it actually felt better. The walls of the Dorman are just thinner, e.g. the skeletonized intake. Them stocks were heavy, even w/o the metal crossover. I think its in your brain. The only way to tell for sure is to dyno or :Track:, sorry for your heartache.

 

[Night Shifter]

i noticed it waaay before i noticed the intake...just sucks that now i have to go buy another intake and tear the car apart...again...

 

[trombonedemon]

I say you keep the one you have. Its a sturdy intake. I mean if you are gonna start taking things apart you might as well start preparing for a Centri-charger. Go w/a well known brand of intakes that are metal. Victor jr. was the one I was gonna go w/but, F/I is too far away for me right now.

 

[D-BOI]

no worries, take that crap off and slap another one on.

Car-Part.com--Used Auto Parts Market. 50 bucks, problem solved.[/QUOTE

Isn't going with a used one a bad idea, i thought that they crack

 

[Mike97gt]

Thats a doorman, get it off and get a ford PI..

A few years back a guy at MD back to back dynoed his car and gained 12 HP swapping back to the factory intake

 

[Night Shifter]

im getting another ford one here very shortly...god what a pita

 

[D-BOI]

u buying a new one? form where?

 

[Winters98GT]

no worries, take that crap off and slap another one on.

Car-Part.com--Used Auto Parts Market. 50 bucks, problem solved.[/QUOTE

Isn't going with a used one a bad idea, i thought that they crack

Yes, they do crack. You can still find used ones with the aluminum crossover.

 

[D-BOI]

so as long as it has an aluminum crossover then a used one would still be good to use