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brutal 07-07-2009, 05:35 PM Has anybody used one of the FRP Racing sheetmetal intakes , picked one up in passing and would like to know how well it works...on a side note they have great customer service....any info would be helpful...here's a pic...L http://www.texasoffroad.net/albums/lonestar/album634/PICT0004.sized.jpg fairlane_68 07-07-2009, 06:27 PM People actually pay real money for that? mj 07-07-2009, 06:27 PM looks crappy. are they real cheap? Midget28 07-07-2009, 06:37 PM Well it looks umm.. more compact than stock upper intakes but im not sure how well airflow will like all the sharp edges rather than the flowing ports of say every other aftermarket upper intake. mikepotts 07-07-2009, 07:20 PM we built a 377 stroker with a gt-40 lower and a Holcomb civil wars sheet metal upper... worked awesome... but that looks a little less refined. the Holcomb intake was aluminum and TIG welded. looks like its flowbench time. :D superd02 07-07-2009, 07:27 PM looks like a 7th graders shop project:laughing: brewchief 07-07-2009, 07:35 PM While that looks a bit rough I bet it actually works better than a lot of people think, remember it's only air flowing though it, not fuel and air like a carb intake. If you're scared of it and want to unload it cheap let me know, I'll give it a shot. brutal 07-07-2009, 07:38 PM I expected the negatives but I've seen real ugly stuff work bad ass, no we didn't pay real money for it...but if it works better than the intake we have, it's all good....we have to push 49s so we'll see. I guess an experiment is in order...but I was looking for real world experience with these intakes...L brewchief 07-07-2009, 08:11 PM I had a friend build one something like that years ago, it was on a car but it seemed to make power, or at least he felt it did. superd02 07-07-2009, 08:28 PM If nobody has tryed it, then how will you know if it makes power or not? You gotta bolt that thing up. like others said it might suprise you. fairlane_68 07-07-2009, 08:33 PM That intake is more for high rpm power, not low end torque. The shorter the runners are, the less torque it has, and more horsepower it makes. It's drawback is the sloppiness of it's manufacture. The airflow coming in will be unbalanced, with the runners in the center getting the most air, starving the outer runners' respective cylinders. What's worse, is that it looks as if it's made of steel, which would make it heavy, and in the case of drag racing, deadly in the event of a nitrous backfire. brutal 07-07-2009, 08:46 PM If nobody has tryed it, then how will you know if it makes power or not? You gotta bolt that thing up. like others said it might suprise you. It will be bolted on, I only have a ported HO intake now so it has to be better than that...it has enough room to bolt on the 70mm throttle body and the advantage is it will make room for the hydroboost that the old intake always rubbed against..like I said, it will be a experiment...it will be another month or so before we find out if it will smoke the tires,..or blow the thing up..again...L brutal 07-07-2009, 08:58 PM That intake is more for high rpm power, not low end torque. The shorter the runners are, the less torque it has, and more horsepower it makes. What's worse, is that it looks as if it's made of steel, which would make it heavy, and in the case of drag racing, deadly in the event of a nitrous backfire. high rpm is where Sally stays with this thing= advantage steel heavy... actually very lightweight= advantage nitrous backfire= don't use it, hopefully no explosion= advantage this is actually looking up..:smokin:..L 1sicbronconut 07-08-2009, 12:54 AM high rpm is where Sally stays with this thing= advantage steel heavy... actually very lightweight= advantage nitrous backfire= don't use it, hopefully no explosion= advantage this is actually looking up..:smokin:..L I'll vouche for the Sally = high RPM's part :laughing: trail*ridin 07-08-2009, 03:55 PM looks like a modern "nascar" style intake for fuel injection i would assume it would be for a road course type car like the older 5.0 saleens, usually the advantage to the sheet metal intakes are the power they make above 3500 rpm (say 4500 - 9000 rpm like nascar engines). honestly you might lose power for street use. brutal 07-08-2009, 09:21 PM It's going straight into a crawler with high enough gearing it will be fine...I'm ready to put it on my buddys muskrat just to see how it does...L trail*ridin 07-09-2009, 10:29 AM offraod it will probly be great as long as you have enough fuel and exhaust to match. Proeliator 07-09-2009, 01:43 PM People actually pay real money for that? That was kind of my thought when I looked at that... brutal 07-09-2009, 07:35 PM That was kind of my thought when I looked at that... I would say yes, somebody paid real money for it, the maker is from VA and I'm in TX..it got here somehow....I got it while doing a swap on a mustang, it had a crack in it, and the maker told me to send it back so he could fix it, for free...hell I have to try it now..he even paid shipping...got nothing to loose...L | |