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impu1se

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this may be a dumb question, but how do you know if you had a pi swap?
 

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different alt bracket, temp sensors might have a t-fitting. oh! oh! oh! it would pull alot harder top end than nonpi
 

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take a picture of your engine bay and we will tell you if you have a pi intake atleast by looking.
 

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Non PI intakes have taller and wider runners. ther nonpis were more flat and square. Also a PI intake goes all the way down to the valley of the block, where as a non pi is shallow and leaves a gap.

also, your car will pull alot harder than your friends with non pi.
 

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PI square ports, Non-PI round ports.
 

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Compare your intake to these ones.....

PI on the left, Non-PI on the right.

 

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it'll be hard to detect the shape of the ports on the car....
 

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Nope, not really. The runners are easy to tell from the top. The Non-PI's are smooth all the way around, where the PI's have a distinct hard edge on them where the ports square off, to meet the head. If someone could find a couple of pics from the top of each, you'd see.
 

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i didn't notice the difference when i did the swap just the port shape and longer runners
 

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i never took pics after the swap
 

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And that's why they call sometimes call me "Brain" instead of Brian.
 

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I'll do the leg work then, damnit!!!

Non PI

View attachment 507095

PI

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Notice how the runners taper and square on the PI's right near the injector bosses.
 

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View attachment 507093

anyone got the PI pic?
 

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Too slow Sally.
 

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Gearbanger 101 said:
they call sometimes call
Click to expand...


yeah..

call sometimes call sometimes call sometimes call sometimes call sometimes call sometimes call sometimes call sometimes call sometimes call sometimes call sometimes call sometimes call sometimes call sometimes call sometimes call sometimes call sometimes call sometimes call sometimes call sometimes call sometimes call sometimes call
 

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I'm browsing my cam pics, i have over 3000 of them but really, my intake wasnt square like that one in your pic
 

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rotf
 

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View attachment 507091

here was the one from the kit (parkway 2004 swap)

This is one of the install How-To's



lol i'm lost now.
 

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maybe the squares are PI windsors
 
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