Today I had the pleasure of meeting Jeremy Formato from fasterproms . He installed a ported intake manifold and throttle body on my G8. Jeremy is a really nice guy, did great work and didn't mind me hovering over him and asking questions while he did the job. This guy has a tremendous amount of LS knowledge and experience and doesn't mind sharing it.

I was given the opportunity to compare my stock manifold and TB with the pre-ported ones and the difference is much greater than I expected. Jeremy removes a lot of material from both and the finished product looks and works absolutely kick-ass.

As for performance, I noticed 2 things right off; throttle response is improved and, unexpectedly, my idle has smoothed out considerably. Hard to tell how much difference in WOT operation, will need to do a few timed runs but I expect this is going to really add to my overall performance in general when combined with the coming mods.

Jeremy normally does a tune after installing these but since I have a Vector tune which will be updated soon we skipped that. The cost for the porting and install was $400.

All in all I'm very pleased. It was great meeting Jeremy and, in my opinion, his product is top-notch. I highly recommend him.

Sounds great. Hear this South Floridians?

Info on porting (LS2):

http://www.highperformancepontiac.com/tech/hppp_0712_ls2_intake_manifold_porting/index.html

Where is he located?

Where is he located?

Normally Lutz, near St. Pete. He comes down occasionally to South Fl. Right now he's at Speed and Truck World in Coral Springs thru tomorrow.

Great guy, great tuner, and great service! Cannot say enough good things about him.

I got the combo yesterday too plus the custom street tune and WOW what a difference. Still waiting on Corsa or Borla to release there system.Hope they have a hi flow cat to company the system.

Can you tell that they were tampered with once reinstalled? Thanks

Can you tell that they were tampered with once reinstalled? Thanks

Not unless you look inside. If you were to look down the throat you could easily tell. From the outside, no way.

what kind of gains are you guys getting from his tunes....
pretty reputable guy IYO?

what kind of gains are you guys getting from his tunes....
pretty reputable guy IYO?

Didnt get the dyno tune just got a street tune from him. The dyno tune comes the next time i happen to be in Tampa which is once a month normally. zosoboggie got 41 or 43 HP when he dyno tuned his setup. I definately gained from his street tuned just not sure the exact numbers. i can tell you my 0-60mph went from 4.92 to 4.55 with his tune and i still have not gotten exhaust.

alright thanks for the info!!

Just a little info for anyone in the tampa area.....This guy is great. I stopped in for my tune about an hour ago and left completely astounded. Jeremy took so much time explaining to me about the car and showed me step by step what he was doing with the tune. After he finished we went and drove the car a solid 20 minutes and he made sure everything was perfect. Ill will def be going back real soon....

so what about us not in the FL region? Are we SOL or is there a solution for someone in Utah?

I am also using them for the throttle body and intake porting with the new combo.

Damn it! I'm in New York! Why must all the best guys be so far away from me?

I am also using them for the throttle body and intake porting with the new combo.

Me too. Tom, did you get any dyno numbers on yours with the new intake?

Me too. Tom, did you get any dyno numbers on yours with the new intake?

Just the total, no sequential numbers for individual mods.

368.9 RWHP - 362.7 RWTQ

Sweet azz numbers man.

Sweet azz numbers man.

Once I get this little miss tracked down I'm gonna be fairly fast.

btw- as far as I know Jeremy will do core exchange also so as long as you're able to swap out the parts distance is no object.

as long as you're able? Meaning as long as I can remove the parts and put em back in? um...that might be beyond my expertise. Anyone know how difficult that is? Would I need to send him mine and then wait for mine to be modded or does he have cores?

Yes you send him yours to be ported unless he is getting cores now. Throttle body 5-7 minutes, intake 30-40 minutes max. I have had both off for measuring in less then 20min.

He had cores for me. I suggest contacting him and see if he currently does. My guess is that if there's enough interest he'll get some.

Yes you send him yours to be ported unless he is getting cores now. Throttle body 5-7 minutes, intake 30-40 minutes max. I have had both off for measuring in less then 20min.

Wow for some reason I thought it would be more. that's not too bad at all then. Thanks for the info :)

No problem. The plastic intakes in general are much faster to remove then the old school intakes.

No gasket scraping, easy to get to bolts... yeah, can't ask for much more than that!