Thanks for your reply JCP240z. That’s a good discussion on the subject of intake manifolds. I do agree that RealOEM may be wrong as the parts-progression logic doesn’t add up for me.

I think the M62TUB46 version was only manufactured from 1999 through 2004 but according to RealOEM the older, larger intake (M60?) was out of production by this point. Which, would only leave the 4.4 intake left to use.

At any rate, I believe the pieces are completely interchangeable from a fit perspective and that the later CCV set up found on the my 4.4 should work fine. Perhaps I’ll ask the tuner I’m planning on using about his thoughts on which to use. I’m mostly concerned about using the one that will work best with my DME, etc.

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