Thread: 1971 Camaro RS

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My wife and I have been planning on starting the kito diet but haven't yet. I'm sure if I cut out all sugar and a lot of carbs it would help me out. I have been trying to stay away from fast food too.

Back to the black pita.... This morning I went to the local pick n pull before work to get some injector connectors. I have a f body harness from a LS1 and I'm going to put it on my 5.3. The only thing really different are the injector connectors. So I'm at the pick and pull and decide I should just get another intake. Mine had one of the prongs to retain the map sensor broken off. This particular part is glued/bonded on the intake. Then I decided, hey, I might as well grab the fuel rails, and the injectors, with the map sensor too. I get to the counter to pay and the old man says put that in the corner and come back tomorrow. What you have will add up to be $200-$300 and tomorrow we're having a sale. What ever you can put in a wheel barrow for $100. I couldn't believe it. Their site says a complete intake is only $42. He told me that only includes the intake. The rails are $28ea, injectors $10ea, throttle body $40, map sensor $10, intake $42, and then there is a core on the intake. I told him there shouldn't be a core on a plastic intake. That pretty much ticked me off.

I appreciate him trying to save me money for sure. I guess it's the whole shock of thinking you'll be getting something for one price and find out it triples when you go to pay for it. I don't know if I'll go back or not. I went out and cut some connectors off another truck because the ones I had from earlier are hooked on the intake that is now setting in the corner. Now I have to decide if I really need/want that stuff. Having spare injectors may be ok since they are pricey. I see how these places make their money now.