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Old 09-20-2019, 08:36 PM
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I’ll bet that the low intake is a 20-30hp loss vs the 69 style intake. I believe it was so the engines would fit under a lower corvette hood in 1970 even though the L78 and LS6 were not installed in the corvette.
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