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An interesting way to set up a 24v's inlet manifolds.

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:07 pm
by Alfettish
What do you guys reckon, worth it or not?
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Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:53 pm
by sh0rtlife
ill say this...it sure looks mean as hell and SEXY

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:18 pm
by Rookie ROX
And the other picture..

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It looks fantastic, performance doesn't matter then!

ROCK ON
R~R

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:34 pm
by Alfettish
Were you at AutoItalia Rookie or have you seen this car elsewhere?

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:18 pm
by Mats
I'd say it's all show and no go.

Looks like the perfect way to destroy the flow in the inlet, way too much area per cylinder and/or too short runners, depending on how you see it.

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:02 am
by sh0rtlife
i have to agree mats thats FAR to much air if its in fact "real" especialy with twin TB's

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:28 am
by mjr
looks wonderful, but likely achieves zip, all that air is wasted. I would say that the divergeance of the runners would cause far too much turbulence at the join too. I think runner lengths are original, but by diverging them lke that, shurely you have effectively shortened them?

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:54 am
by Rookie ROX
Alfettish wrote:Were you at AutoItalia Rookie or have you seen this car elsewhere?
Alas no, someone else posted that picture on the BB, so I thought I'd bring it over.

ROCK ON
R~R

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:59 am
by Greg Gordon
I think it looks fantastic. I sort of doubt there is any performance benefit, but that's tough to say. Airflow is not very predictable, and sometimes weird experiments work out pretty well. It would be interesting to put in on a dyno and see.

Greg

P.S. the biggest problem I see there is the lack of red silicone vacuum and coolant bottle hoses. Red plenum couplers would be great to, but the 164 couplers are not available in silicone because they are so small on one end. (the runner end is about 39mm on a 24 valve 3.0, way smaller than on a 12 valve 2.5...what's up with that?)

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:10 pm
by Mats
Too me it's way to much red silicone hose as it is... 8)

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:15 pm
by Greg Gordon
Ok, purple then.

Greg

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:17 pm
by Rookie ROX
Greg Gordon wrote:P.S. the biggest problem I see there is the lack of red silicone vacuum and coolant bottle hoses. Red plenum couplers would be great to
Hahahaha! :lol:

ROCK ON
R~R

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:47 pm
by Greg Gordon
On a serious note, the workmanship on that plenum in remarkable. It really looks great.

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:38 pm
by MD
More sex appeal than a 38dd cup.

Just love it.

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:16 pm
by Bruce
.. size is not everything