Porting TB and Intake - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

Nate2SS · 01-24-2022, 01:30 PM

I've been looking at getting a ported throttle body and intake for my SS. I'm trying to keep the car NA and squeeze out as much horsepower as possible. My question for everyone is if I should go with a company that does it and send off my TB and intake for them to do or is it something that I could possibly do myself?

I'd like to see if anyone here actually does port themselves rather than sending it off to a company.

Furthermore, would I have to tune once I get these ported or would the ECM calibrate for it automatically?

I currently have a BTR stage 3 cam with supporting mods and it's been tuned already. I'm trying to avoid paying for another revision as they're kind of expensive.

CamaroDreams76 · 01-24-2022, 02:10 PM

Rick Crawford does intake porting. GPI does the same thing Rick does. They're known as "rod mod" intake manifolds. Theres a bunch of big name companies that make manifolds like BTR, TSP, LME, Holly, LOD ect. Rick states that your tune doesn't need to be revised and will work as is but as you know, to get all the benefits, you need the revision.

There's plenty of research on G8, SS, corvette and Camaro forums if you did want to tackle it yourself

01-24-2022, 01:30 PM	#1
Nate2SS Drives: 2011 Camaro SS LS3 Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Clemson, SC Posts: 68	Porting TB and Intake I've been looking at getting a ported throttle body and intake for my SS. I'm trying to keep the car NA and squeeze out as much horsepower as possible. My question for everyone is if I should go with a company that does it and send off my TB and intake for them to do or is it something that I could possibly do myself? I'd like to see if anyone here actually does port themselves rather than sending it off to a company. Furthermore, would I have to tune once I get these ported or would the ECM calibrate for it automatically? I currently have a BTR stage 3 cam with supporting mods and it's been tuned already. I'm trying to avoid paying for another revision as they're kind of expensive. __________________ 2011 2SS/RS 6M: Hurst Short Throw Equipment, Speed Engineering Headers, Spectre CAI, BTR Stage 3 Camshaft 229/244 .630"/.615" 113+4, Chromoly Pushrods, .660" Springs with steel retainers.

01-24-2022, 02:10 PM	#2
CamaroDreams76 Tri-County Camaro SWFL Drives: 2013 IOM 2SS/RS/1LE Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: South West FL Posts: 3,078 View My Garage	Rick Crawford does intake porting. GPI does the same thing Rick does. They're known as "rod mod" intake manifolds. Theres a bunch of big name companies that make manifolds like BTR, TSP, LME, Holly, LOD ect. Rick states that your tune doesn't need to be revised and will work as is but as you know, to get all the benefits, you need the revision. There's plenty of research on G8, SS, corvette and Camaro forums if you did want to tackle it yourself __________________ Just bolt ons........ https://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=343023