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Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 11:01
AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Intake
questions
Greetings,
I'm probably about to
prove that I haven't paid any attention to any of the intake construction
threads, but here goes... I know there's special length that will tune
the intake to make more power. Ed knows what this is, but if he tells
us, he has to kill us (a slow painful death, involving 60 slides)
:-)
My general question is
this- does it matter if this runner length is before, or after the
throttle body? I'm using the TWM throttle body, which is completely
separated into two sides. If I kept the air inlet to the TB as separate
tubes for a particular length, would that count towards the tuned
system?
The reason I'm thinking
about this of course is pre-planning for the almost inevitable removal of my
turbo. If I end up using a stock cowl, I'll have space in the left
cheek for intake stuff. I've seen a very short intake manifold that
sticks straight out to the side about 4 inches or so, then the TB would stick
straight out another 4 inches or so. While this is simple, and compact,
it would certainly not be good for our power band, so I started wondering if I
could "tune" it with individual pipes on the inlet side of the
TB.
Thanks,
Rusty (Scotty, I need
more power!)
Hi, Rusty.....I purchased
the short intake manifold from Dave Atkins. He claims he has more than
adequate power with his, and that idle is also good. Look at all the
race cars and racing motorcycles that have the carbs or throttle bodies right
next to the engine. They seem to generate a lot of power that way. For
what it's worth. Paul Conner