intake info...

[95BlueStallion]

intake questions

After buying new brakes a month or so ago instead of an intake, I started to have this aching feeling in my chest. I decided it was a hole in my heart cause by a lack of power... So I found a used trickflow intake on ebay! Now that it is sitting here next to me waiting to be installed I have thought of a few things I wanted to ask. First of all, will it fit under my stock hood with the 1" spacer in it? I know the strut tower brace will probably have to come off and be modified to fit, but will the hood shut? Also, I bought the matching throttle body adapter, but will the spacer make it sit too high and not line up with the EGR tube? The spacer came with it, but I dont necessarily care if I use it if it is the difference in making it bolt on without a bunch of extra work... Any input would be great. I did a search but found a bunch of other posts that didnt answer my questions. Thanks.

*Edit. I found the answer to the EGR question. Seems like some of yall have had hood clearance issues and some havent? What are the odds of my hood closing, cause buying a new hood is out of the question...

 

[drakesdad]

I have the track heat and have no problem with hood clearance....and a fab'd a tube for the egr...but 50resto is a source........

 

[95BlueStallion]

What about clearing stock valve covers? During the search I read about a lot of people not being able to clear different valve covers, but see much about the stockers. Would they cause any problems? I am just trying to gather this info before I tear into it and see that I dont have all the right parts to make it work properly and waste my time.

 

[drakesdad]

What about clearing stock valve covers? During the search I read about a lot of people not being able to clear different valve covers, but see much about the stockers. Would they cause any problems? I am just trying to gather this info before I tear into it and see that I dont have all the right parts to make it work properly and waste my time.

I have the TF heads and with the 3/8 spacer I clear those.......so I can't see you NOT clearing stock E7s with the stock vc's.............I would suggest you save up and purchase a set used heads and save yourself the time of redoing it.......you'll notice some gain with the intake but betting flowing heads will wake it up for sure...

 

[drakesdad]

let me see if I can find a pic....or 2

 

[drakesdad]

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[MysteryMachine]

I'll tell you how I made out and you can take it for whatever lol.

I have the street heat with a 1"spacer. I have fox vc's which are higher then stock I believe. I needed a spacer for the egr valve to clear. people say I could have used a 3/8 or whatever the smaller one is but i wasn't gonna buy it and find out they were wrong so I just bought the bigger one. Also i had to use 2 of the adapters that 50resto sells to keep the egr pipe on there right cause it kept coming loose and falling off. (I have a 3rd one never opened if you wanna make me an offer) I have a TFS adapter on it as well and a bbk 75mm tb and it all lines up fine. The CAI I have on it is a little shady but it worked. As for the hood clearence I couldn't tell ya I have an after market hood. The first one I had which was the same style i had clearence issues but the new one don't. The STB def will have to come off. they make aftermarket ones that will fit around different intakes but i never felt the need for it. Off the top of my head thats all i can think of. If you have any question feel free to ask

 

[Stanger007]

I would suggest you save up and purchase a set used heads and save yourself the time of redoing it.......you'll notice some gain with the intake but betting flowing heads will wake it up for sure...

+1

 

[95opal]

Not sure about the 1" spacer and hood clearance. When I had the TFS street w/ the 3/8" spacer and stock hood it rubbed on the hood blanket, so I would think the 1" would be real close if it did fit under the hood. I would suggest running the 3/8" spacer because that will clear the valve covers and leave you with just enough hood clearance. As for saving for a set of heads, yeah good idea but I dont really think pulling the intake to do them later is that big of a deal. What are we talking 20 min.

 

[frcefedlx]

I am using the 3\8" spacer and have clearance where i need it but I am using TF valve covers as well.

 

[95BlueStallion]

Thanks for the responses guys, and I am gonna put it on without the heads. I would love the trickflow heads, but I just bought a house, and Im getting married in July. So money isnt going to be laying around until I get used to budgeting for a mortgage, and get the wedding behind me... I dont want to buy the 3/8" spacer when I already have a 1" spacer that came with the intake... Maybe my hood will have and dent in it until I can find a cheap aftermarket hood. Another question yall might be able to help me with... Will an EGR plug resistor keep the CEL from coming on if I decide to ditch the EGR without a tune? Will the car still run normal if I did it? I already have the EGR resistor from a CEL problem in the past, and if it keeps me from buying a couple extensions to hook up the tube then Ill put it to use... I can fab up a block off plate easy enough.