Got everything installed. My initial impressions are below.

FIRST intake. Quality piece, but has a few quirks. When installing I noticed the back of the manifold does not cover all of the rear china wall. The wall is about 1/2in thick, and only 1/4 is covered by the manifold. I have no leaks...so far. I also has to shave the top corners of the manifold where it meets the heads. There was just enough extra that it would hang on the cylinder head. Not a fan of the throttle body. The large singe blade has clearance issues, even after they shaved it a little. Mine still rubs. The linkage also has a catch in it that tends to cause it to hang at 1% open according to the TPS. That was part of my high idle issue. I had to file some, and reposition the throttle return spring.

Headers were second hand, never installed units. I was told they were TPIS, but I sure hope they weren't. The holes to the cylinder heads didn't line up worth crap. I had to dremel the hell out of them to get things to work. I still think I may have stripped one, but no leaks so far. Otherwise, the headers fit fine. I had my exhaust guy weld on some flanges so I could remove things easily later.

Dynamax VT mufflers are awesome. I had a factory LT1 system on the car with magnaflows and it droned pretty bad. The dynamax VTs quieted the car down a huge amount and I actually notice wind noise now. People who want a more aggressive sound will want to consider something else.

I upgraded to FIC used 24lb injectors. They seem ok, but are loud.

I am still waiting on the PCM4less tune to show up to take full advantage. I can say the car has WAY more punch off the line. I haven't opened it up as I just got it back running, but I can definitely tell a big difference.

The last thing I did was have the heads freshened, 3 angle valve job, and install with a super thin head gasket, Felpro 1095 I think (.015 thickness). I screwed up and accidentally put in regular when I filled it up and holy hell did it ping. Definitely needs premium now. I put in some octane booster to get through this tank.

This was the single largest project I have done with this thing to date and so far so good. The only codes I have so far is an EGR code. I don't have EGR anymore is why. The custom tune will take care of that.

sounds like things are coming along nicely!!!

Good review! Hope it all works well. Did you already have a cam? Stock heads? Any other changes?

Stock cam. The engine was rebuilt by the previous owner. I don't fully trust the bottom end so I didn't want to push it. I just reworked the stock 113 heads. The only change was I installed a new underhood wiring harness I scored a while ago. So, its just a nice bolt-on engine. It's so nice not having a bunch of broken tabs.

Oh, I did do a small cap distributor conversion. But thats it.

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OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHAT MAKE WAS THAT TB?

The throttle body came with the intake when I bought it from FIRST. I believe it is made by FIRST. I'm not 100% on that.