Woody's build up has been moving along, nothing crazy yet power wise Just good IC and exhaust but I've been collecting the parts for a new top end. I'm sure most of you know how 'invasive' the CARB/Smog police out here in Cali are so just bolting on a BMF or other custom intake can get you nixed at the smog cert station or if you get pulled over for *any* reason the law enforcement can pop your hood and inspect you for speed equipment. That happened to me last year in the Rampage RT, officer said he saw the hood pins and suspected I wasn't 'emission compliant' under hood. He was right and it was a six month fiasco wondering if I'd even be able to keep the Rampage So for Woody's build my goal is to stay 'stock appearing' and in effect, 'emissions compliant'
Pretty widely discussed here that the neck on a one piece intake is the choke point and I've seen some modded designs that increase flow potential but don't look stock. So I went boneyard shopping for larger necks from 3.3's and 3.8's. I didn't know which style would work so I just started cutting. Definatley the style with the EGR return on the bottom is the wrong style, you can see it in one of the pics. What I also didn't know is that if you want to keep the throttle body where it is now, the 3.8 piece is too short in both directions so I used two necks to extend the turn towards the drivers side and towards the front of the motor. I didn't want to have to remake the IC tubing so exact stock location was my objective. Anyway, the pictures pretty much tell the rest of the story. End result all painted up with some wrinkle black is a stock appearing intake that will pass any amount of underhood scrutiny from the 'wrong' crowd