Request: Intake manifold without cover? - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

EvoWake · 12-21-2010, 03:34 PM

Just curious if anyone has a picture of the LS3 intake manifold with the sound deadening "beauty cover" removed?

More or less just curious what it looks like

Thanks All!

paslag · 12-21-2010, 03:37 PM

I don't have any picture, but it looks like crap. In my opinion, this engine is ugly without the cover. You have heater hoses running over it, coils and full of wires, valve cover are butt ugly (what you can see from them). Anyway, this is just my opinion...

hypurone · 12-21-2010, 03:37 PM

A search would get you what you want, also, you can remove yours in 10 secs and see it in person! Remove the oil filler cap and lift up at the front....

SGOS252382 · 12-21-2010, 03:38 PM

L99 and LS3 look identical.
Here's my motor with both covers removed (Intake cover and engine cover). Taking the covers off helps your engine cool down faster.

Here are the two covers I took off my car.

ffrcobra_65 · 12-21-2010, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by hypurone

A search would get you what you want, also, you can remove yours in 10 secs and see it in person! Remove the oil filler cap and lift up at the front....

10 seconds? Used to take me 4.5 seconds.

SGOS252382 · 12-21-2010, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ffrcobra_65

10 seconds? Used to take me 4.5 seconds.

Intake cover takes a little more time. You have to lift the fuel rails to get it off. I had some help taking mine off when my car was being tuned. I had to loosen a couple screws if I remember correctly. The main deal is getting the fuel rails up and out of the way.

Sir Nuke · 12-21-2010, 03:45 PM

UGLY......they need to be ON!

ffrcobra_65 · 12-21-2010, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Sir Nuke

UGLY......they need to be ON!

SGOS252382 · 12-21-2010, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Sir Nuke

UGLY......they need to be ON!

Who sees it? Unless you're putting your car in a car show, I don't see why you'd have to leave it on.

I personally like seeing the engine a lot better than a big plastic cover.

JaxJags · 12-21-2010, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SGOS252382

Who sees it? Unless you're putting your car in a car show, I don't see why you'd have to leave it on.

I personally like seeing the engine a lot better than a big plastic cover.

doublefatty · 12-21-2010, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SGOS252382

Who sees it? Unless you're putting your car in a car show, I don't see why you'd have to leave it on.

I personally like seeing the engine a lot better than a big plastic cover.

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Originally Posted by JaxJags

+2

Scott@Bjorn3D · 12-21-2010, 06:34 PM

The cooler the motor the better. Getting that heat build up off the air intake is a good thing.

13 ZL1 · 12-21-2010, 06:56 PM

+3

I would rather look at this than a plastic cover.

EvoWake · 12-22-2010, 09:09 AM

Thanks you guys, but i'm not referring to the big ugly plastic shroud that pops right off. I'm talking about the cover that's on the intake manifold itself... many of you who posted pictures may not even realize that that's not the intake manifold you're looking it.. it's also a cover.

SGOS252382 posted exactly what I was looking for... which makes me wonder why in the heck that intake manifold cover is there... looks pretty w/o it!

VcrusaderV · 12-22-2010, 10:18 AM

I also run without the covers. They seem a littles ridiculous to me. They hold in heat, and are not pleasing to the eye.

hypurone · 12-22-2010, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by EvoWake

Thanks you guys, but i'm not referring to the big ugly plastic shroud that pops right off. I'm talking about the cover that's on the intake manifold itself... many of you who posted pictures may not even realize that that's not the intake manifold you're looking it.. it's also a cover.

SGOS252382 posted exactly what I was looking for... which makes me wonder why in the heck that intake manifold cover is there... looks pretty w/o it!

The second cover is not so much a cover as it is an insulator to keep the heated engine bay air off of the actual intake manifold itself. Not sure just how effective it is....

but I dealt with mine like this:

EvoWake · 12-22-2010, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by hypurone

The second cover is not so much a cover as it is an insulator to keep the heated engine bay air off of the actual intake manifold itself. Not sure just how effective it is....

but I dealt with mine like this:

By far my favorite solution!

This is exactly what I'm planning in spring. I was more less curious what kind of Frankenstein rig that manifold "cap" was hiding, guess it's just an extra insulating layer for temperature fluctuation and sound deadening!

CamaroSkooter · 12-22-2010, 01:07 PM

I don't understand why all of the LS-series motors have to have this massive jumble of chaos exposed right on top of the engine. Was it really so hard to take into design consideration a cleaner method of hiding wires than to just stick a piece of plastic over it?

I kind of want to open my engine bay and have the same kind of sight before my eyes that greets people when they open up the hood of their 1st Gens.

I understand that the major advancements in technology since the 60's requires more wiring and sensors now, but did aesthetics really have to suffer as bad as they have?

iomZL454 · 12-24-2010, 08:09 AM

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12-21-2010, 03:34 PM	#1
EvoWake SSTOCK Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Midwest Posts: 425 View My Garage	Request: Intake manifold without cover? Just curious if anyone has a picture of the LS3 intake manifold with the sound deadening "beauty cover" removed? More or less just curious what it looks like Thanks All! __________________ 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS

12-21-2010, 03:37 PM	#2
paslag Drives: 2010 camaro 2ss/rs Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: . Posts: 117	I don't have any picture, but it looks like crap. In my opinion, this engine is ugly without the cover. You have heater hoses running over it, coils and full of wires, valve cover are butt ugly (what you can see from them). Anyway, this is just my opinion... __________________ 2010 2ss/rs Ls3, E-force s/c, 3.5'' pulley Jba shorties, Jba mid pipes w/cats, magnaflow 2.5" cat back, Rotofab cai, 65 lbs inj, AEM water/meth, comp cam, 578whp,513 wtq on mustang dyno

12-21-2010, 03:37 PM	#3
hypurone I'm not totally useless.. Drives: 2010 SIM 2SS/RS A6 SC LPO Rallies Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Cali - NorthBay Posts: 2,010 View My Garage	A search would get you what you want, also, you can remove yours in 10 secs and see it in person! Remove the oil filler cap and lift up at the front.... __________________ I can be used as a bad example! - Born on 10/05/09 MyCamaroBuildInfo

12-21-2010, 03:38 PM	#4
SGOS252382 Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: S.W. Florida Posts: 5,935	L99 and LS3 look identical. Here's my motor with both covers removed (Intake cover and engine cover). Taking the covers off helps your engine cool down faster. Here are the two covers I took off my car. __________________

12-21-2010, 03:45 PM	#7
Sir Nuke Master of All Things Drives: '10' Camaro 2LT/RS,'08' Caddy STS Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Southeast of Houston, Texas Posts: 13,755 View My Garage	UGLY......they need to be ON! __________________

12-21-2010, 06:34 PM	#12
Scott@Bjorn3D Drives: Kami, 2013 2SS LS3 Luvin Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Eufaula, Alabama Posts: 5,373	The cooler the motor the better. Getting that heat build up off the air intake is a good thing. __________________

12-21-2010, 06:56 PM	#13
13 ZL1 Drives: 2013 IOM ZL1 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Manteca CA Posts: 681	+3 I would rather look at this than a plastic cover. Attached Images

12-22-2010, 09:09 AM	#14
EvoWake SSTOCK Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Midwest Posts: 425 View My Garage	Thanks you guys, but i'm not referring to the big ugly plastic shroud that pops right off. I'm talking about the cover that's on the intake manifold itself... many of you who posted pictures may not even realize that that's not the intake manifold you're looking it.. it's also a cover. SGOS252382 posted exactly what I was looking for... which makes me wonder why in the heck that intake manifold cover is there... looks pretty w/o it! __________________ 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS

12-22-2010, 10:18 AM	#15
VcrusaderV Devin Drives: 2012 ZL-1 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Clarksville, TN Posts: 254 View My Garage	I also run without the covers. They seem a littles ridiculous to me. They hold in heat, and are not pleasing to the eye. __________________ 2012 ZL-1 Camaro Victory Red

12-22-2010, 01:07 PM	#18
CamaroSkooter Retarded One-Legged Owl Drives: 2010 Black Camaro 2SS Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 8,667	I don't understand why all of the LS-series motors have to have this massive jumble of chaos exposed right on top of the engine. Was it really so hard to take into design consideration a cleaner method of hiding wires than to just stick a piece of plastic over it? I kind of want to open my engine bay and have the same kind of sight before my eyes that greets people when they open up the hood of their 1st Gens. I understand that the major advancements in technology since the 60's requires more wiring and sensors now, but did aesthetics really have to suffer as bad as they have? __________________ My VIN = 2G1FK1EJ9A9105017 Build Date: 04-23-2009 according to: http://www.compnine.com/vid.php

12-24-2010, 08:09 AM	#19
iomZL454 Drives: Orange 2SS LS3 MN6 WRS Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: northern Indiana Posts: 43 View My Garage	option "B" / Attached Images

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