Shaving intake manifold
 

I have a gen4 5.3 in my truck that comes with the tbss intake on it. I’ve decided that I don’t want to have the engine cover on the truck anymore, but the factory manifold just doesn’t look good. So I picked up another manifold at the pick and pull yesterday for $32. I started the shave on it. I’ll post pics of my progress as I go along. I’m gonna move the pcv to the rear of the intake, but I believe I’m gonna leave the map sensor where it is.

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Nice clean look when you get it done, have you seen what (1971 step side build) did with his.

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I have not seen his.

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I did one a few years back, ended up not really liking it after the fact and didn't use it.

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Hope he doesn't mind sharing, his work. I have seen this on Video somewhere, cool process. I have no idea how it works. ....http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=768975

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Paint it to match your body color, or add your own design.....limitless possiblites...I did some valve covers, takes some time masking for fine details.

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Not at all. Hope it helps.

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Yours came out really nice! Great work!

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My first attempt. Haven't ran it yet but looks better than stock IMO

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I wanted to do one in the GMC Plaid

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I worked a little on it yesterday. Not much progress though

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Had mine done a couple of years ago, turned out pretty good.

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Following

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So progress is slow. This weekend of the weather cooperates I’ll prime and paint it. Even without paint I think it looks much better.

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smoothed truck intakes look really really good! When I was going to LS swap mine that is exactly what I wanted to do.

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I’ve only seen a couple of shaved tbss manifolds. I’m looking forward to getting this complete.

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I did mine on my Camaro and I think it looks pretty slick.

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What intake is this? External it looks like a regular 99-06 intake, but has a flange for a 4 bolt throttle body. It's on a 07 Trailblazer. But it's not the bread box.?!

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It’s the gen iv truck intake I think. But since it’s on a trailblazer it maybe a little different then the trucks. I think in the trailblazer SS they used the ls2 motor with a truck intake for the torque. A lot of knowledge here so I am sure someone will correct me if I am incorrect.
The truck intakes are ugly but are better for trucks due to the torque values then the car intakes. But depends on application.

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It’s been a while since I worked on this last, but I’m about finished with the intake shave.

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Looks good. I usually dont care for the look but that came out really nice.

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What was your method of shaving it down?

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I used a pneumatic saw to do the shaving.