HoustonZ Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 (edited) I've been involved with a lot of carbon fiber projects lately so it was only natural to try this out. What did you do today during lunch? I coded up this guy to run on the Fadal cnc mill. Started with a 32x20x6 piece of foam. Two sides, 200ipm, 1" ball mill. Took about 30 minutes. Here is the finished plug. I'm going to lay up a base layer of fiberglass than carbon fiber. I need to machine the injector bungs so they can be molded in at the same time. Also on the list of things to do this week are the flange and the throttle body adapter. Edited June 3, 2010 by Cold Fusion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Ummm.... That's pretty damn COOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozconnection Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 That's a nice looking design, have you thought about building a symmetrical intake manifold instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonZ Posted June 3, 2010 Author Share Posted June 3, 2010 Are you referring to equal length runners? This is a design I made fairly quickly based some fluid analysis experience that I have. Its a matter of how variation the 6 ports will receive. Even the best simulations can't account for all the factors. So I'm just going to make it and see what happens. Maybe we can arrange for testing on a car with port egt sensors or afr sensors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MREDDLE Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Good luck on this. I hope it works out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neousmcswim Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 awesome design. Good luck on the manifold. Hope to see pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garvice Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 The runners look really small in diameter, is that just an illusion due to the plenum being massive or the runners being long? Interested to see the outcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowlerMonkey Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 So ColdFusion will be Cold Molding with a vacuum bag....or will you use an autoclave? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonZ Posted June 6, 2010 Author Share Posted June 6, 2010 The runners are normally sized. The plenum is about 4.5 inches in diameter. The tapers are quite large which creates most of the illusion. We have both the an autoclave and vac bag equipment at work. Although since ultimate strength and weight are not too much of a concern I think I'll just do a standard wet layup for the first try. It will be still 1/3rd the weight of stock with enough strength to stand on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovenfood Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 how many layers do you intend on using? also are you using a heat resistant resin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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