new vortec tbi intake

[ryan22re]

saw this on ebay today:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Crus...ryZ36474QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

makes me want to keep my tbi

ryan

 

[dyeager535]

That's almost up to the cost of the GMPP smog legal vortec TBI intake isn't it??

In any case, an aftermarket vortec carb intake w/adapter has got to be cheaper than a dedicated TBI intake. (from what I've seen thus far)

 

[ryan22re]

well, i found the gmpp intake for $324, but i was wonder who makes it, so maybe i could get it cheaper.

ryan

 

[Thunder]

The only place you can get the vortec to TBI manifold that I know of is GMPP. They must have tied up the design with patents so no one else can sell them. I heard the manifold is made for GMPP by Edelbrock but dont know if its true. Edelbrock does not have a vortec to TbI manifold.
Cant get them any cheaper unless you find used or Ebay.

As Dorian said cheapest way is a 4 barrel Vortec manifold and TBI adapter.

 

[dyeager535]

I'd be surprised if Edelbrock DIDN'T make it.

I had to get the scoggin-dickey TPI Vortec intake for my setup, and I even asked Edelbrock about it...yes, they told me they made them for SDPC. (scoggin) So I asked SDPC just for the heck of it, they wouldn't tell me.

Just recently Edelbrock released their "own" Vortec TPI base, I'd be really surprised if it wasn't identical to what I bought. It's not much cheaper than the SDPC piece as I recall when Edelbrock first released theirs.

As an aside, I *just* thought of this, but now it makes sense, with all the talk about Edelbrock having crap quality control anymore: I couldn't use the stock truck oil pressure sender at the back of the block, because the intake casting overhung that area. If I put the sender on with a bunch of adapter fittings BEFORE I installed the intake, it would have worked, but then I couldn't pull the oil pressure sender without removing the intake lol.

This was tested with the engine on a stand, so it's not just something that was noticed during an intake swap.