01-21-2021, 01:07 AM
The difference between casting flash and sand casting surface finish and the "glued" seam and styrofoam surface finish of these other intakes is easy to spot. It's formed when they glue the two pieces of foam together to form the complete intake shape prior to casting.
The ported square style intakes can flow pretty well, within spitting distance of the single plug heads in professionally ported form (and above what someone can get out of the head porting it at home). There are certainly gains to be had with a properly designed custom intake on a professionally ported head but when the stock (ported) intakes have supported more power than 99% of 2.3 guys will ever make, it helps to highlight why people stick with what they have and the thing that doesn't require a bunch of other custom stuff (fuel rail, IC tubing, fuel lines, dipstick bracket, alternator relocation, etc.) to run it compared to a custom intake.
I don't have any of the styrofoam style here (we had 4 sets but we just used them all up on recent orders) but I've got two other people who have a bunch of intakes looking at theirs.
The ported square style intakes can flow pretty well, within spitting distance of the single plug heads in professionally ported form (and above what someone can get out of the head porting it at home). There are certainly gains to be had with a properly designed custom intake on a professionally ported head but when the stock (ported) intakes have supported more power than 99% of 2.3 guys will ever make, it helps to highlight why people stick with what they have and the thing that doesn't require a bunch of other custom stuff (fuel rail, IC tubing, fuel lines, dipstick bracket, alternator relocation, etc.) to run it compared to a custom intake.
I don't have any of the styrofoam style here (we had 4 sets but we just used them all up on recent orders) but I've got two other people who have a bunch of intakes looking at theirs.