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Ramey Built - Custom Honda Fit Turbo kit Build Thread
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FWIW LSXs have had plastic composite intake manifolds since the LS1 came out in '97. Nobody bother's swapping to a metal one. Even the higher performance FAST LSX manifolds are plastic.
Re: Ramey Built - Custom Honda Fit Turbo kit Build Thread
Originally Posted by Yep4doors
I'm going to shut up now lol, I need to research the plastic composites that intake manifolds are being made out of nowadays.
The only issue ive personally ever seen with plastic manifolds was on a S/C'd G35. Guy warped the flange causing a bad vacuum leak. But that was also at 20+lbs of boost, and the motor grenaded
Re: Ramey Built - Custom Honda Fit Turbo kit Build Thread
Brian they come from the factory with a metal one but a few company's make plastic ones that alot of guys get. We just thew the stock metal one back on and he didnt have anymore problems