will a tpi intake manifold fit on a LT1?
02-07-2003, 07:02 PM
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will a tpi intake manifold fit on a LT1?
hey there,
i was thinking that when i build a new motor, i want a cooler looking intake...
will a TPI intake fit on a LT1.
i dont car about thermostat housings and distuber stuff....
just if it will line up or not...
i have a bigger hood too!!!!!!!
i was thinking that when i build a new motor, i want a cooler looking intake...
will a TPI intake fit on a LT1.
i dont car about thermostat housings and distuber stuff....
just if it will line up or not...
i have a bigger hood too!!!!!!!
02-07-2003, 07:49 PM
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Im sure you could make it fit, but you would loose power in the top end. My iroc with the tpi power seemed to cut out at about 4800, but it had a lot of torque up to 3000. Contact john at www.lt1intake.com He modifys the lt1 intake to fit on a early small block. Im sure he could modify a tpi intake to fit on a lt1. Anyway I would do it. Lt1 intake is byfar better than the tpi
02-07-2003, 07:59 PM
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If you drill the hell out of it, it isn't exactl bolt on to get an LT1 manifold on a TPI car. There was a car in GMHTP with a Accel Super Ram. A TPI would be waste of money cause the system you havefrom the factory is better.
stik6shift93, is right, stock TPIs coke bottle like hell at 4500rpms, so your going to have to get the plenum ported, a better base and better runners just to get near were a stock LT1 will flow.
stik6shift93, is right, stock TPIs coke bottle like hell at 4500rpms, so your going to have to get the plenum ported, a better base and better runners just to get near were a stock LT1 will flow.
Last edited by neil350; 02-07-2003 at 08:02 PM.
02-07-2003, 08:27 PM
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As an owner of two TPI cars I say thank God it doesn't fit. The only way I would have another TPI motor is If it were in a truck. That motor missed its calling. Low end torque was awsome but after 4500 you are left behind. In a truck you could haul the world. Even in my vette with mods it isnt a good as my Lt-1. They used to make an intake to use a superram like someone said but it was discontinued long ago. I had a Superram on the Vette and it was still no LT-1. Just dress-up the intake you already have with powder coating or covers. Oh yeah working on the lt-1 is a breeze compared to TPI.
I had a 92 GTA, and it was a lot easier to work on compared to my current ride.
02-08-2003, 12:44 PM
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Actually, if money is no object get a Hogan sheet metal intake They make them for all cars including LT1s. Besides, the TPI intake might be too tall to fit under the windshield, plus the throttlebody would stick out through the hood.
Last edited by Grease; 02-08-2003 at 12:47 PM.