Oliver intake?

jban126_f350 · Jun 10, 2015

Looking to upgrade intake manifold. I've been told Oliver intakes are good. Anyone running them? And good prices out there for them?

MrOneEyedBoh · Jun 10, 2015

Oliver intakes? Lol. His name is Oliver and username is odawg, and yeah they are nice. Honestly nicest I've seen. Great welds, good porting etc. Here are shots of mine, that's just a glimpse

PowerStrokeEnginuities · Jun 11, 2015

That's is what we are running on our f100 and the wifeys shorty. Great welds, great port job and quick turnaround. Let us know if we can get you fixed up. [email protected]

99powerstroke62 · Jun 11, 2015

Oliver does intakes for WPE.
Mine looked great

jban126_f350 · Jun 11, 2015

Thank you. will defiantly look into it but it's definitely a pretty penny for one

Gearhead2012 · Jun 11, 2015

You get what you pay for with oliver's intakes, he's a great guy, honest, and one hell of a welder. The amount of welding, and cutting and grinding in these is immense to say the least, especially to do it right. There's a few imitators out there doing mediocre work, but not Oliver. He doesn't just zip them in half with a sawzall, dremel on it for a few minutes and weld it back up...Oliver machines them in a mill, and I'd venture to say has more experience welding these 6.0 intakes back together than anyone on the planet, it's no simple task tig welding cast aluminum back.

I don't want to sound too overzealous about these intakes, I'm not getting paid or anything...but I'll say this, theres only a small handful of people I've run across pumping out things they actually "make" that are worth a damn, are what they say they are, and aren't douchebags to deal with...when I actually find people I can trust like that, I'm happy to promote their work. This isn't meant to sound "sales-pitchy", just a review from another happy customer.

04cr450 · Jun 11, 2015

I say save your money and just stay stock unless u port and polish the heads.. I have a fully ported one and didn't see bit of difference other than lower egts..

jban126_f350 · Jun 11, 2015

Gearhead2012 said:
You get what you pay for with oliver's intakes, he's a great guy, honest, and one hell of a welder. The amount of welding, and cutting and grinding in these is immense to say the least, especially to do it right. There's a few imitators out there doing mediocre work, but not Oliver. He doesn't just zip them in half with a sawzall, dremel on it for a few minutes and weld it back up...Oliver machines them in a mill, and I'd venture to say has more experience welding these 6.0 intakes back together than anyone on the planet, it's no simple task tig welding cast aluminum back.

I don't want to sound too overzealous about these intakes, I'm not getting paid or anything...but I'll say this, theres only a small handful of people I've run across pumping out things they actually "make" that are worth a damn, are what they say they are, and aren't douchebags to deal with...when I actually find people I can trust like that, I'm happy to promote their work. This isn't meant to sound "sales-pitchy", just a review from another happy customer.

Oh I know he puts out a great product. I definitely want to get one eventually but does anyone have a price estimate on one of these bad boys I've seen like 1200 but I'm running a 68mm turbo with 190/100 which one would suit me best? I have the egr delete don't plan on ever putting a egr back on either. I know his race one completely weld the egr valve hole shut but is that the main difference from the street version and race version? And what's the deal with the coolant bipass in guessing the required to install one of these?

04cr450 · Jun 11, 2015

that coolant bypass cost me 17 bucks in materials(5/8 heater hose, brass tee, and a couple stainless steel hose clamps).. goes from the oil cooler to the return side of coolant. 10 min job to complete.. Oh I guess their is a benefit to getting a fully ported intake.. my deltas are within 2-3 degrees at all time due to more flow of coolant getting back to the return side(larger hose and less restriction being no coolant is going into intake anymore.

swinky · Jun 11, 2015

04cr450 said:
that coolant bypass cost me 17 bucks in materials(5/8 heater hose, brass tee, and a couple stainless steel hose clamps).. goes from the oil cooler to the return side of coolant. 10 min job to complete.. Oh I guess their is a benefit to getting a fully ported intake.. my deltas are within 2-3 degrees at all time due to more flow of coolant getting back to the return side(larger hose and less restriction being no coolant is going into intake anymore.

Can you do this if you still have the egr? Mines welded and I want to do the bypass

99powerstroke62 · Jun 12, 2015

swinky said:
Can you do this if you still have the egr? Mines welded and I want to do the bypass

Ya, instead of having it come out of the oil cooler into the EGR Cooler. Just route it past it to the return hose

swinky · Jun 12, 2015

99powerstroke62 said:
Ya, instead of having it come out of the oil cooler into the EGR Cooler. Just route it past it to the return hose

But don't I need to block off something in the front cover?

MrOneEyedBoh · Jun 12, 2015

I think you can do this regardless what egr delete you have, if your intake is welded or open etc.

99powerstroke62 · Jun 12, 2015

Since your egr cooler is welded. It's basically the same as putting a freeze plug in the front cover.
except you'd have hot coolant coming up and just chilling

swinky · Jun 12, 2015

Thanks guys. Maybe I'll get to it tomorrow.

Gearhead2012 · Jun 12, 2015

Use a 7/8 freeze plug in the front cover, under the intake manifold to block coolant from where it would normally enter the manifold. I can take pics of this. There's a little rubber donut gasket between the manifold and front cover. I just routed my coolant out of the oil cooler back to the degas bottle.

black'n'blue · Jun 12, 2015

Gearhead2012 said:
Use a 7/8 freeze plug in the front cover, under the intake manifold to block coolant from where it would normally enter the manifold. I can take pics of this. There's a little rubber donut gasket between the manifold and front cover. I just routed my coolant out of the oil cooler back to the degas bottle.

Pictures would be great. This is something I would like to do

BlAcKeNeD · Jun 13, 2015

If you go with the "race" manifold you will want to block the coolant from the front cover... what gearhead said was how I did mine with a dab of head gasket sealant on the plug... Also if you don't have the egr port welded up on the bottom of the intake there will be a hole there as well... Its where the "j" shaped metal hose bolts to the intake... when you do the race version you HAVE to reroute the coolant... the coolant passage that the egr once sat in is no longer there and is now open... if you don't block it you will fill the manifold full of coolant...

BlAcKeNeD · Jun 13, 2015

Also big shout out to Oliver as well... Kept in contact with me the entire time he was working on my manifold and kept me updated with pics the whole time... I would highly recommend him and would not hesitate to do business again with him... would answer my calls and texts every time even once around 12 am when installing my manifold and had a few questions... actually seemed happy to answer my questions and even shared some knowledge on other parts of my build as well... I wanted my manifold powder coated silver vein with a hot blue candy coat to match the rest of my piping and intake elbow... What i received was exactly what I asked for... Great guy and great product all the way around...

04cr450 · Jun 14, 2015

My intake is welded on the bottom like mentioned above, and I just used the factory thick donut oring and set that in place in the front cover and just sat the intake down like you would normally do on install- have never had a leak issue.