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TRULEO CUSTOM INTAKE W/ FORD 65MM THROTTLE BODY PICTURES & STOCK MEASUREMENTS AND DISASSEMBLY
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Extrude Honing
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So I wanted to extrude hone the intake and try to add some height to the runners where the runners join the plenum. Well after some pricing and meat headed replys from the extrude honing places about how much they would take out and what it would do to the car, I thought better of the decision. First they thought I was some stupid girl that was clueless about performance mods to engines... Then the price... $650.00 to remove 1mm of material. (Um that would barely knock the casting bumps out!) Any more and I would loose all my TQ they said. Well I NEED way more removed then that.
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Truleo
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So it was on to a better alternative...Well Joe managed to find a company making performance Fiero intake manifolds...Truleo... After some serious talking, they agreed to make a one off F-body one for me. After some scouting there was enough interest they decided to go for a production version. So we supplied all the stock f-body pieces to them and they went to it!
Mine finally arrived. Still a one off version from production, with a different neck and we had it equipt with a 65mm Ford TB mounting point!
So the plan was to get it installed and report back what gains we have found with the intake.
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Some of my pics of the intake once it arrived
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Pics of the body of the intake
Pics of the velocity stacks inside the intake body
These are very important to the true function of the intake.
The runners...
inside of the runners...
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Pics of the Accufab 65mm polished Aluminum TB!
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Stock measuring and recording!
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First we took some pics of the stock configuration of vacuum lines & the like. Since it was all going to have to rerouted, we needed an idea of what went where, so we could properly swap things!
Measuring the distance the TV cable moves
when the blade is closed
versus open
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Disassembly
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Plenum off...
Runners off...
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Trial fit
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Setting on the intake to see how it looks
Clears the valve covers awesome!
Good line up to the suncoast air box!
Best of all the hood clears... and there is NO interferance with my BMR Strut tower brace!
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DIRECTORY FOR RAIF'S ENGINE PERFORMANCE SITE
01
Site Overview
02
Most Current Dyno and Track run
03
Early Cold Air Induction System
04
2001 Modifications
05
2001 Track Times
06
2002 Modifications
07
2002 Dyno & Track Times
08
2002 Fall Modifications
09
2002 Fall Dyno & Track Times
10
2003 Distributor rebuild
11
2003 Transgo Shift Kit & Stall Converter
12
2003 May Dyno
13
2003 3.4L Engine Swap
14
2003 3.73 Disc Rearend Swap
15
2003 December Dyno
16
2004 Cutout & PF&E Headers
17
2004 Dyno
18
2004 / 2005 Transmission
19
2005 3in Mandrel Bent Exhaust & Dyno Results
20
2005 Truleo Intake, 65mm Ford Throttle body, Stock, & Disassembly Pictures <<<
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2005 Truleo Intake, Ford TB, & Fuel Rail Installation
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2005 Truleo Intake & Ford TB Vacuum Line Routing
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2005 Truleo Intake & Ford TB Custom Linkage Installation
24
2006 MSD Box & New fuel Pump
25
2006 Old Heads: Gasket Match Ported, & General Porting Information
26
2006 New Heads: Extreme Porting
27
2006 New Heads: Multiangle Valve Job, 1.6 Roller Tip Rockers, Beefier Valve springs
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2006 Lower Runner (Intake Base) Gasket Match Porting
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2006 Extreme Lower Runner (Intake Base) Porting
30
2006 Dyno Results: Truleo & New Head Combo
31
Future Plans
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