i need some help on deciding which company to go with for an intake manifold for my turbo ls. edelbrock, skunk2 or blox they all look the same cost different. right now im thinking about blox cause its so much less than the others or

 

edelbrock > skunk2/blox

but it also depends on how much power you want to make

 

i would go with skunk2...that's what i have on my car.
i'm not big on putting american parts on my japanese car lol.

 

I know that the edelbrock is mostly high rpm power adder and the slunk2 is more or a all motor application if that matters. so if it was me, BLOX.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jentegraGS-R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i would go with skunk2...that's what i have on my car.
i'm not big on putting american parts on my japanese car lol.</TD></TR></TABLE>

you do realize skunk2 is an american company

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B18cFreak &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I know that the edelbrock is mostly high rpm power adder and the slunk2 is more or a all motor application if that matters. so if it was me, BLOX.</TD></TR></TABLE>

blox is like an exact copy of the skunk2 design, are you referring to the performer x or victor x and why are you getting a new intake mani?

 

this is what im running b18b ls t3/t4 turbo stock block and cams 550 injectors 255 fuel pump and a hell of alot other bolt-ons

 

jg edelbrock is what most FI users have.

 

and oh yea not to sound like a smart *** or anything but who care if its japanese or american as long as it makes power

 

yeah, it seems like alot of the guys on here dont want to use edelbrock because it is traditionally an american muscle company. If they make a good part, buy it.

 

oh yeah i forgot LOL

disregard what i said then. hahahaha

 

Blox works for me. Haven't really seen back to back dynos of the two though.

 

Edelbrock mani adds power from 7000-10000 rpm, stock ls rev limit is 6800 so that is'nt going to do anything but make you lose low end. Skunk 2, (which is an american company btw) and blox are both type r knockoffs, I've seen them both side by side and there is no diff other than price, and skunk2 has their name on the plenum. I have a blox, I have not ran it yet but I would'nt of bought it if I thought it was a peice of ****.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 92DAturboteg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Edelbrock mani adds power from 7000-10000 rpm, stock ls rev limit is 6800 so that is'nt going to do anything but make you lose low end. Skunk 2, (which is an american company btw) and blox are both type r knockoffs, I've seen them both side by side and there is no diff other than price, and skunk2 has their name on the plenum. I have a blox, I have not ran it yet but I would'nt of bought it if I thought it was a peice of ****.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Wow, I can't believe it took this many posts before somebody gave some actual technical information.

Deciding on a intake manifold should not be based on a brand name but on what your power goals are. General rule of thumb is the short the runners, the higher the power range in RPMS.

If you are running a b18b turbo application, getting any of these manifolds would put your power band around 6-8K RPM. So with your redline at about 7.3K (I believe), all of the suggestions you've made would be very poor choices because they are all based on an ITR manifold design. So you wouldn't see most of your power until very high RPMs which isn't that great on most turbo applications.

Do some reading about intake velocity and intake manifold design to help make a better design on your build.
~Ben

 

I am a noob, but the shop were I take my LS-T to get **** put on said they reccomend the golden eagle intake mani. Said they saw a 10 percent increase over the skunk 2. (had skunk 2 then tried the golden eagle.) Anyhow, I didn't ask him where it started take make power, because it very well could have been in the high rpms, but is car makes good power (saw his dyno, 575 whp) but he has a fully built motor that spins over 9k so it's possable it makes more power in the high end. Just my 2 pennys for what it's worth.

 

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i'm not big on putting american parts on my japanese car lol.</TD></TR></TABLE>

garrett, precision, rc, edelbrock, etc....they're all american companies. This is a stupid comment