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RTz

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  1. What do you guys think of the plenum design above.

     

    Picture doesn't come in for me.

     

    By going up to 0.120" I think we will have much less trouble with warpage when welding

     

     

    That's a fact!

     

     

    as well as less flexing and cracking when used in boosted applications.

     

     

    Even at .120", I think internal stiffeners, for big boost applications, would be desirable. Just a few pieces of 1/2" round stock strategically welded in vertically, would probably suffice.

  2. wow ron that is gourgous.

     

    Thanks... as is YOURS!

     

    DO you have a picture of the whole car? if the engine is that nice cant wait to see the way the whole car looks.

     

     

    ...as you wish...

     

    The car belongs to a customer of mine, Clint Barnts. It just received a new intake manifold and Wolf EMS... http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=117607

     

    The fully custom interior and stereo system is just as nice as the rest of the car... I still have my data-logging crap all over, so you'll have to take my word for it :wink:

     

     

    Barnts.jpg

     

     

     

     

    Mural on the underside of hood (with 'old' manifold)....

     

     

    BarntsEngine2.jpg

     

     

     

    New manifold...

     

     

    ManB.jpg

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    ManA.jpg

     

     

    Wilwood brakes front & rear...

     

     

    Wheela.jpg

     

     

    WheelB.jpg

  3. We need to KISS on this first design.

     

    Actually... its not the first one :wink:

     

    I fired up the first one last weekend... its running really nicely. With a mild cam, its pulling CLEANLY through 7000rpm, with only a modest drop in bottom end torque.

  4. low and behold, we never put coolant in the block, just H2o, and two plugs poped out!!!!

    we looked in the hole, and it was solid ice down there!

     

    saved the block! we reinstalled them (same ones) with sealant, and crakend the car up....5 months, no leaks, and engine runs fine...

     

     

    No production engines are designed to run without some form of anti-freeze. As the name implies, one of anti-freezes' jobs is to keep from freezing. So... by that logic, "freeze plugs" are as useless as tits on a boar.

  5. this may reduce or eliminate all the turbulence everyone seems to be fighting.

     

    If it matters, I'm not 'fighting turbulence'. I've had my manifold static CFD tested, and its not too shabby. I've got a couple areas I'd like to clean up, but overall, I'd call it successful, statically. I'll make the results public soon enough...

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