GI: Affordable Intake Manifold

[03.5MSP]

Great stuff. The changes are actually good if you ask me, so im still in. As far as egr is concerned, I never really had any issues after I took mine out, sure the car had a rougher cold start than normal, but I got a Microtech and fixed that.. LOL

 

[joka1]

Bump, Very interested now

 

[thepope540]

I worked through lunch and found an epoxy that has a great shear strength than the inter-laminar strength of the carbon so I should be able to easily bond a flat flange on the underside of the plenum. This flange could facilitate extra vacuum ports, and potentially EGR. No promises on the EGR, but it may be back on the table as an option. I really prefer to offer it - I just have to figure out how without adding crazy cost and aggravation.

 

[RicoP5]

noob question. will this fit a p5 too?

 

[122 Vega]

Well I know that some companies offer remore mounted egr (Electromotive used to) so it's always a possibility of relocating the EGR to the firewall.

That is sexy though, I'm still interested, but I'm still hoping for some kind of EGR!

Britt

 

[SCMP3]

Yes. It will fit a p5

 

[destineal]

Yes.

 

[thepope540]

Yes. It will fit a p5

+1

 

[RicoP5]

that was fast lol mhmm

 

[mr.gizmo]

I'm in!

 

[dacquesta1]

im out since i got a single runner manifold...still staying subbed though, very interesting. also thank you pope for continuing to make parts for our cars.

 

[ogsp5]

Could you water-jet cut the flanges ?

 

[thepope540]

I could water jet the throttlebody and egr / vacuum flanges, but not the head flange. The head flange has to be cut on a 5 axis to accomodate the fuel rail mounting and injector bungs.

 

[destineal]

Get that egr on there

 

[CR3 Motorsports]

Ill take mine without an EGR. =)

 

[KrayzieFox]

What caused you to switch to CF?

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

are we still looking at 350 for this piece?

cf is interesting.. how do you effectively mate a CF body with a metal flange?

 

[thepope540]

What caused you to switch to CF?

Its something I've wanted to do for a while. I actually have most of the molds done to do a CF manifold for the KL. It will look super cool, but more importantly it will keep the intake charge nice and cool which should make for a noticeable gain in horsepower even over a great flowing AL manifold.

are we still looking at 350 for this piece?

cf is interesting.. how do you effectively mate a CF body with a metal flange?

Pricing will remain very cheap, but I don't want to do much speculating until I have put some more time in on it.

There are a couple adhesives out there that are stronger than the lamination of the carbon fiber. One of them that I can actually buy in small quantities and don't need a permit to use, is Loctite E120HP it has a shear strength of 3000-6000 psi which can more than 15 times that of a 1/4-20 bolt. The key to making a life long, leak free connection is going to be proper joint prep. I know what needs to be done, but until I actually go through the process I don't know how much work it will be. Thats why I'm holding off on a firm price commitment.

 

[Mustard97]

I'm intersted in it as well, with or without egr (prefer without)

 

[blackwolf1778]

im in!!!! deposit ready on demand sir!