Intake manifold

[1JEWLDSSRS]

Hello lazer, good luck with your tests and I thank you for keeping me in the "info" loop, means a lot to me as I will be running this intake as well when I get it. I don't know why people come on here and have to "crash" the party, but as you know they are everywhere and just have to ignore them and truck on!! Stay well my friend and good luck!!

[Clarkstar]

Originally Posted by lazerlemonta

Where do you think I started at with my mods? Everything I took off my totaled 1LE. Yes there are many things that cross right over in my world of modifying my cars. I’ve take the time to document, pm many of you that ask question and seek info. If you want to not take my results as a positive towards your car then that’s your choice. I’m just taking a LS3 intake and sharing info with some good friends here on the forum. I even went so far as to make a fare well post and was asked to keep some folks updated and that’s what I’m doing. It was a large investment for me to show these results. I hope you don’t think I was just sent a $1500 intake to do what I wanted with free of charge. I’m almost 20 hours deep in this thing and have a couple days left to get it sorted to try and make a record pass.

Maybe you now know how I felt. I was the one with the first production intake, and made a thread... just sharing my results with the camaro world... and you were beating me up pretty good for it... several months later your installing the same intake. Good luck with the results, I don't think you'll be disappointed.... even in a vette

[Roader]

Originally Posted by lazerlemonta

Where do you think I started at with my mods? Everything I took off my totaled 1LE. Yes there are many things that cross right over in my world of modifying my cars. I’ve take the time to document, pm many of you that ask question and seek info. If you want to not take my results as a positive towards your car then that’s your choice. I’m just taking a LS3 intake and sharing info with some good friends here on the forum. I even went so far as to make a fare well post and was asked to keep some folks updated and that’s what I’m doing. It was a large investment for me to show these results. I hope you don’t think I was just sent a $1500 intake to do what I wanted with free of charge. I’m almost 20 hours deep in this thing and have a couple days left to get it sorted to try and make a record pass.

I think those 20 hours are getting to you. I'm just asking why arnt we keeping it apples to apples? Sure a gain is a gain but what will it do for a Camaro that is heavier? I'm not sure what other differences your car has than mine since I don't drive a corvette and check out the Camaro forums. Same trans, same stall, same gears, all same accessories, etc?

[1JEWLDSSRS]

Originally Posted by Roader

I think those 20 hours are getting to you. I'm just asking why arnt we keeping it apples to apples? Sure a gain is a gain but what will it do for a Camaro that is heavier? I'm not sure what other differences your car has than mine since I don't drive a corvette and check out the Camaro forums. Same trans, same stall, same gears, all same accessories, etc?

Well if you stop and think about it, you are comparing apples to apples, they are just in a different crate. It doesn't matter what car the intake is on. Lazer is just testing the intake on the vette to do a comparison to his FAST intake and compare those to the stock intake. When you put the cars on the dyno and strap them down, the dyno doesn't know if it is a vette or a camaro. Also he is testing the track times for the intake on his vette since he has already run the FAST and a stock one. It is only a test of the product LOD is providing for us LS3 guys. The X1 intake.

[xc_SS/RS]

Originally Posted by Roader

I think those 20 hours are getting to you. I'm just asking why arnt we keeping it apples to apples? Sure a gain is a gain but what will it do for a Camaro that is heavier? I'm not sure what other differences your car has than mine since I don't drive a corvette and check out the Camaro forums. Same trans, same stall, same gears, all same accessories, etc?

Dyno gains should be similar between a Camaro and a Corvette. For track times I am not sure, but I would say you could take off a tenth or two for the additional weight of the Camaro (from his improvement).

If you want to see what it will do on a Camaro with similar mods to yours, why not put one on your car and write it up? I'm sure LOD has more for sale. Don't let this thread stop ya

[Beefsquatch]

Watching this thread like a hawk, possibly buying one in the coming weeks �� Just cai/LTs here also. If I buy I'll make sure to post before/after dyno. Tune time is only 30 mins from me too.

[zz430camaro]

Originally Posted by Beefsquatch

Watching this thread like a hawk, possibly buying one in the coming weeks �� Just cai/LTs here also. If I buy I'll make sure to post before/after dyno. Tune time is only 30 mins from me too.

I think this intake will perform like all other short runner intakes. Its great for drag racing because it will make more power from around 6300 rpm up but not so good for a street car cause of the torque loss.

[acammer]

Originally Posted by lazerlemonta

Where do you think I started at with my mods? Everything I took off my totaled 1LE. Yes there are many things that cross right over in my world of modifying my cars. I’ve take the time to document, pm many of you that ask question and seek info. If you want to not take my results as a positive towards your car then that’s your choice. I’m just taking a LS3 intake and sharing info with some good friends here on the forum. I even went so far as to make a fare well post and was asked to keep some folks updated and that’s what I’m doing. It was a large investment for me to show these results. I hope you don’t think I was just sent a $1500 intake to do what I wanted with free of charge. I’m almost 20 hours deep in this thing and have a couple days left to get it sorted to try and make a record pass.

Appreciate all your work buddy. Can't wait to see what the gains are like. Yea, bla bla bla Corvette not a Camaro, whatever. If it picks up a bunch on a vette, it's gonna pick up on a Camaro too. They aren't the same, no, but they aren't that far apart either.

[Clarkstar]

Originally Posted by zz430camaro

I think this intake will perform like all other short runner intakes. Its great for drag racing because it will make more power from around 6300 rpm up but not so good for a street car cause of the torque loss.

I didn't lose any torque... picked up 51 hp with ported heads.

[Roader]

Originally Posted by xc_SS/RS

Dyno gains should be similar between a Camaro and a Corvette. For track times I am not sure, but I would say you could take off a tenth or two for the additional weight of the Camaro (from his improvement).

If you want to see what it will do on a Camaro with similar mods to yours, why not put one on your car and write it up? I'm sure LOD has more for sale. Don't let this thread stop ya

I have no reason to be the guinea pig since I already have an aftermarket intake. Again, I hope he sees good results. I know with my intake I lost a lot of tq and gained hp farther up top than I expected so I am interested in seeing the independent results of his corvette but more specifically other Camaros as well. At this time with limited info I would be dumb to drop my setup for something that has little real world info to make an informed decision. Id basically be dumping what I have for the latest/new flashy thing on the market. I'm not bashing it or accepting it as a great product just yet.

[13SSCamaro]

Lazer, you getting it dyno tuned today? I am dying to see the results. This is an apples to apples test as he is seeing the increase it does on the dyno for his LS3, which is the same LS3 i have in my Camaro. I am looking at the increase on the dyno as the apples to apples test. The 1/4 mile time differences is where it would vary quite a bit. Weight of the camaro vs Corvette does not affect the dyno

[zz430camaro]

Originally Posted by Clarkstar

I didn't lose any torque... picked up 51 hp with ported heads.

You have a graph so we can see the torque curve?

[1JEWLDSSRS]

Originally Posted by 13SSCamaro

Lazer, you getting it dyno tuned today? I am dying to see the results. This is an apples to apples test as he is seeing the increase it does on the dyno for his LS3, which is the same LS3 i have in my Camaro. I am looking at the increase on the dyno as the apples to apples test. The 1/4 mile time differences is where it would vary quite a bit. Weight of the camaro vs Corvette does not affect the dyno

Well said sir! That is what I was saying in an earlier post, LS3 in a vette or Camaro is apples to apples, doesn't matter on the dyno, the track thing is a whole nother story..Good luck lazer!!

[Beefsquatch]

Originally Posted by zz430camaro

I think this intake will perform like all other short runner intakes. Its great for drag racing because it will make more power from around 6300 rpm up but not so good for a street car cause of the torque loss.

I’m planning for FI in the future as well so this is a good step for me. Also aiming at for roll/half mile events.