Performance gains: hopefully you’re pulling the motor to either freshen up what you have, or to stuff a monster, fire-breathing big-block in its place!Pulling the motor out of a car is something every car builder or mechanic must do. It’s a rite of passage. It clearly shows that you are serious about the performance of your vehicle. For whatever the reason may be, the time has come to uproot the powerplant and seek alternatives. It can be intimidating at first for the novice, but if you take it slow and make a sound game plan, you will find there is nothing to it. In fact, it’s kind of fun!

Swapping on an aftermarket aluminum intake manifold is one of the most popular engine upgrades of all time. It’s easy, it’s cheap, and the bottom line is, it works! Not only does aluminum dissipate heat faster and more efficiently than cast iron, but it will also save you about 25 lbs. in dead weight! The new aftermarket manifolds have an improved plenum design and will far outflow a factory cast-iron piece. In fact, most are dyno-tested and proven to yield encouraging power and torque increases throughout your entire powerband. Now how can you beat that for a couple hundred bucks?