PanzerAce

Racing, probably.

Replace that Seriously though, if you want reliable and power, go EFI. And turbo + stock NA block doesn't seem like the best idea to me....

ITG filters also allow the use of airhorns (if you get big enough ones). This is more a "what *other* that ITG works" thread. Gotta admit, that's an interesting solution, but it seems to me like a lot of fab work...

There's an app for that.

it certainly *looks* that way, but there isn't actually alot of depth on the left side of those chambers (upper in the picture, opposite the plugs). Add that to the lack of space on that side of the engine and the very small dishes we usually run (or flattops often), and it starts making less sense.

just call them up then. Just ordered new filters from them, and they were really helpful about it. Even if you don't see the part you need exactly on there, they might have it in stock. None of the stuff listed on their site would fit my air horns, but they had some stuff in stock that would anyways

Unless you've got a line on cheap ITBs, then selling the mikunis won't cover it

Do you know if the larger filter setups on that site will bolt to a mikuni? my ITG filter today decided it didn't want to stay together, so I'm exploring options now...

And that's why even when I switch to EFI, I'm keeping my Mikuni 44's for a later engine. Too much money to try to get a new set later

I knew I recognized it from somewhere. I just keep associating Monzter with the plenum that he built over here: http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=127863

I'm not really a fan of supras, but anything crazy being done to a straight six is interesting And I'm starting to wonder if Mag58 likes *any* normal motor

Interesting, but TBH, I'm not seeing a really good way to use it on a L series. I'm more familiar with the concept because of aircraft engines, but the L series doesn't really seem to fit with it. We don't have huge chambers, lots of dish, or heads with huge cc numbers. Plus, there just isn't alot more room in the heads...: (this head looks like it's already been modified, but you get an idea for the depth of the head CC with it): As you can see, not really alot of room to play. Though....it could be an interesting project to both weld up the chambers AND twin plug them Also, some answers to your questions: The head really doesn't allow for another plug, since opposite the plugs are the intake and exhaust systems. Non crossflow heads leave us plenty of room on the spark side, but none on the other. Cost I don't think really enters into it (we've got people doing completely one off custom intake manifolds, dumping mucho dinero into the stock heads, or doing plenty of other crazy stuff). Any chance you could post some pictures of the twin plug setups on VWs? Might give some of us with too much time and too many heads an idea

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA..........ah, that made my night.

That's a close second to what I've heard: That they're "barely controlled fuel leaks"

I don't know if I'd pay *too* much attention to R/S ratios. IIRC, someone posted a chart with a bunch of the rev happy honda motor R/S and B/S ratios, and *none* of them were what people considered "good" for revs.

Be aware that you are going to run into some height issues if you want to use an LD28 block. Also, deck height won't give you any extra displacement. TBH, you're probably going to get displacement faster by overboring a "normal" amount to 89-90mm, and then getting a crank welded for extra stroke

sshhhhhhhh, nobody has quite figured out an easy way to do that yet :/

*cough*bastard*cough* It's times like this I wonder wtf I was thinking when I majored in history :/

As long as the pump flow enough fuel, it doesn't matter. Look at it this way, the fuel pump doesn't know what it's hooked to. All it knows is that it's pumping #GPH. Especially to carbs, as long as it doesn't flood them, basically any pump will do.

Heh, tekno and I found this at the same time yah, you guys need to check out the turbo diesel thread in the Nissan L6 forum. *lots* of stuff is covered there. Also, keep a lookout for a possible diesel subforum in the maybe near future

I started thinking the exact same thing. TBH though, if it gets hot enough, even racing seats start to take their toll. Give me thirty minutes while cruising, of 5 stopped at lights in the heat here, and my back gets turned into a swimming pool

I truly, truly pity anyone that wants to race him at a light. And I gotta love 'V10 in a box'. I want one now

Brb, going to japan with some shipping containers.

What intake/fuel delivery system you run is almost entirely up to you, with the caveat that with a wilder cam, you will likely have to use either ITBs or a carb setup that is similar (Webers, Mikuni, etc, with a single throat per cylinder). Alot of it comes down to budget. If you don't want to drop alot on fuel delivery, go with roundtop SUs that are properly sized and tuned. If you have a bit more $ to spend, go with mikunis or webers. If you don't care how much it costs, and just want it to run awesome all the time, get a EFI ITB setup. Your headgasket/decking/shaving question is really dependent on what octane you *can* run. I honestly have no idea what they have in SA. Generally people here run in the 9.X:1 range for performance NA L series motors, and advance the ignition a fair bit to compensate (30-35 degrees seems normal). L series engines don't really like compression beyond that for street gas. http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/enginedesign/ is a great starting resource for any build. If you want to go turbocharged, 8.5 is generally considered good for a low-medium boost street setup. Some guys on here though that are going for stupid amounts of power are running down into the 7.5:1 range. As for the amount of headwork that should be done: As much as you can afford I'd say. There are some NA Z cars out there making *very* good whp/L numbers because of the amount of headwork that has been done. At the end of the day, air + fuel is what makes all the power, so the more you can get into the chamber, the better.

Well, the sound of them letting my engine scream is what got me into trouble, but the sounds the engine made after I got pulled over (and the look under the hood) turned me from 'crazy ricer' to 'old car enthusiast' in their book. It was night, I was being stupid on what I thought was an empty road, and got stopped for it. They liked the condition/setup of the car though, told me not to speed, and said since all they actually had on me was the sound as I went by, that they weren't going to write me up a ticket.