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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