Well gents, I finished the intake manifold porting and installed it on Veterans day. With the install, I also did fresh Fel-Pro Professional intake manifold gaskets and fresh Delco injector o-rings. Took me about 1.5hrs from beginning to end, while BS'ing with my buddies and drinking a beer.
Overall assessment of the intake. I spent about 8.5-9.0 hours porting it, not to bad, easy work. For the gains, well the there is a noticeable gain in throttle response and the power is not really felt until you get above 3000rpm to redline (approx 5600rpm)
Do I think the time was worth the effort....YES
Would have I spent the money on buying/paying someone to do it.....MAYBE
The drivability and power is there....so it's worth it, this mod alone will not yield much unless the rest of the intake tract is done IE larger/ported throttle body, better tube (Airaid MIT), better flowing filter and intake box mod.
I'll post some pics up later today
