Aftermarket Intake Manifolds?
10-20-03, 03:41 AM
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Originally posted by NZConvertible
BTW, that plenum is A$745, or US$514. Loose the chrome and it's probably cheaper.
BTW, that plenum is A$745, or US$514. Loose the chrome and it's probably cheaper.
<$500 would be good. Then I could actually afford one and hopefully have a friend at Portflow benchflow it.
I know it's not as good as testing it on a car, but flowbench should give us a general idea of its flow charateristics.
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10-20-03, 03:51 AM
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I was hoping for rather a quick bolt-on upgrade.
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10-20-03, 04:20 AM
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If you get to the point where you need a new inlet manifold (as opposed to just wanting one), you're beyond the scope of the stock ECU anyway.
This sort of mod comes after engine porting, big turbos and aftermartet ECU's.
This sort of mod comes after engine porting, big turbos and aftermartet ECU's.
10-20-03, 12:10 PM
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Originally posted by RoninAutoBoX
I love those aftermarket fuel injection throttle body designs. You can pick up manifold/throttle body sets off of EBay for like $500. That is where I am getting mine from. They are Australian folks.
I love those aftermarket fuel injection throttle body designs. You can pick up manifold/throttle body sets off of EBay for like $500. That is where I am getting mine from. They are Australian folks.
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10-20-03, 06:04 PM
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Originally posted by NZConvertible
Just like the stock TB you mean...
Just like the stock TB you mean...
10-20-03, 06:10 PM
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Originally posted by RotaryRevn
Is that from ebay Australia?
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Is that from ebay Australia?
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10-21-03, 12:03 AM
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If you go to the first page of ebay and scroll down to the bottom left side you will see the global sites. here the link to ebay australia:
http://www.ebay.com.au
and ebay New Zeland:
http://pages.ebay.com/nz/index.html
You see some cool parts on that ebay Australia site sometimes.
http://www.ebay.com.au
and ebay New Zeland:
http://pages.ebay.com/nz/index.html
You see some cool parts on that ebay Australia site sometimes.
10-21-03, 06:24 PM
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Originally posted by Liquid Anarchy
If you could get your hands on a 13B-RE intake manifold, you'd never have to worry about it being a bottleneck again.
If you could get your hands on a 13B-RE intake manifold, you'd never have to worry about it being a bottleneck again.
10-21-03, 06:45 PM
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Originally posted by Mephis
i think efi is gay, you have a much cleaner enginebay with an n/a carbed car and less wires, its just pure power no texh involved just the way it should be, damn i hate EFI even tho its extreamly reliable.
i think efi is gay, you have a much cleaner enginebay with an n/a carbed car and less wires, its just pure power no texh involved just the way it should be, damn i hate EFI even tho its extreamly reliable.
10-21-03, 07:00 PM
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I spoke with Rotorwrx specifically wanting to buy their manifold. I was ready to send money after seeing the 40HP increase, but had a few questions.
That 40 HP increase was seen at very high boost levels. I don't remember but it was somewhere around 25-30 psi (maybe more, it was HIGH) and high RPM's. They said that the gains were significantly less at lower boost/RPM.
He further said that this setup was ONLY good for strictly drag step and that you actually loose power low in the RPM band and that this would not be a good choice for anything driven on the street.
I told them my setup, which is pretty aggressive for a street car and said I was willing to pay the money for any gains... He suggested against and talked me out of buying his product. For someone to discourage purchasing their product says to me that there really aren't any gains from this setup.... on anything but a race car.
My $.02.
I would still like to know if anyone has actually shown improvements with the FD/RE UIM over a S5 UIM.
-Chris
That 40 HP increase was seen at very high boost levels. I don't remember but it was somewhere around 25-30 psi (maybe more, it was HIGH) and high RPM's. They said that the gains were significantly less at lower boost/RPM.
He further said that this setup was ONLY good for strictly drag step and that you actually loose power low in the RPM band and that this would not be a good choice for anything driven on the street.
I told them my setup, which is pretty aggressive for a street car and said I was willing to pay the money for any gains... He suggested against and talked me out of buying his product. For someone to discourage purchasing their product says to me that there really aren't any gains from this setup.... on anything but a race car.
My $.02.
I would still like to know if anyone has actually shown improvements with the FD/RE UIM over a S5 UIM.
-Chris
10-22-03, 01:03 AM
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Originally posted by Liquid Anarchy
If you could get your hands on a 13B-RE intake manifold, you'd never have to worry about it being a bottleneck again.
If you could get your hands on a 13B-RE intake manifold, you'd never have to worry about it being a bottleneck again.
Originally posted by RoninAutoBoX
IB NZConvertible.
IB NZConvertible.
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