Trick Flow lower, whats up with this?

[lancec2c30]

I pulled out my trick flow lower, and saw this.

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How does this get past final inspection?

 

[beyondspexj]

wow.... who did you purchase it through?

 

[LarsD]

damn

 

[lancec2c30]

Shipped brand new. Was all in sealed boxes from Power adder solutions.

 

[oldfox]

Ouch

 

[foxmustangman]

looks like someone was carrying it and fell into some sort of grinder machine lol

 

[tannerc91gt]

its supposed to look like that. They all do. Its part of production. Supposed to help clear a line, fuel line i think. I thought the same thing when i got mine. Its not a defect.

 

[Chuckman]

its supposed to look like that. They all do. Its part of production. Supposed to help clear a line, fuel line i think. I thought the same thing when i got mine. Its not a defect.

it'll get covered up by the fuel rail crossover (which is why the provide the guard in the kit) and by the dizzy once its assembled. you'll hardly notice it.

 

[rbonella]

weight savings

 

[skunk21]

Like already stated it is normal. here are some pics of other ones with the same groove maybe this will put your mind at ease..

 

[lancec2c30]

Oh, okay. Thanks guys. Saves me a few days of waiting to here back from trickflow about it.

 

[95BlueStallion]

Mine is the same way too.

 

[LarsD]

Heh, well I'll be. Makes sense now I guess.

 

[jrichker]

Do they charge you more for the one with a gouge in it?

In the computer software world, things like that are called "an undocumented feature"

 

[stykthyn]

the ones from the ads look clean, the one in the op looks like someone someone was messing with a grinder and scarred the hell out of it.

 

[95BlueStallion]

I think I have a thread from a couple years ago where I thought mine was a mistake too. Mine has the out of control grinder look also. I think they could have made it look a little more finished rather than an after thought.

 

[skunk21]

the ones from the ads look clean, the one in the op looks like someone someone was messing with a grinder and scarred the hell out of it.

The last 2 pics I posted are trick flow ads from trick flow, even on thier site they have the grooves ground into the lower intake..

Trick Flow® Track Heat® Intake Manifolds for Ford 5.0L: TFS-51500002 - trickflow.com

Trick Flow® Track Heat® Intake Manifolds for Ford 5.0L: TFS-515B0002 - trickflow.com

 

[tannerc91gt]

Function > Form

I was pretty confused about mine too but it fits in there just right and you cant see it. Which i assume was a goal. These things dont usually come from after-thoughts.

 

[Cobra912]

i just bought a TFS R and my groove is one continous groove not two seperate like it looks like in your photo, at least I think it does

 

[Celeb]

Nice to see what looks like the hammer dent in the water neck to clear the distributor. My Edelbrock performer lower didn't have that and it was fun tweaking the timing with the rotor hold down hitting the lower.