Modified Intake Plenum - Mazworx Prototype 1 of 1 :)

[npez]

Very cool Nick. I missed this post earlier. I suspect you won't notice any adverse effects from the smaller plenum volume particularly since you are using FI. Without a baseline you'll never know anyway. As long as it makes good numbers and runs ok at WOT who cares?

What have you been doing for the last 2 weeks? Running off a generator?

Thanks Shane. I agree with you that it won't affect me at all, and I really don't think it'll be noticable running atmo - I was going to do a dyno in atmo mode so we can compare to other folks runs at an aggregate - not very precise, but it'll give us an idea anyway on plenum volume effect.

Yes I've been running 24x7 (except for oil changes every 50 hours) on a small 6KW generator (the only thing I could find after the hurricane) and I can tell you at $60/day in gas I spent more on gas than the generator itself. I thought I had found a 30kw diesel at a fair price, but that fell through, so now that the power is back on I'm back in the hunt for a good deal as there's no pressure to get it "now".

Anyway, I'm going to be jumping back on the project this week so I can get some work done on it.....

Nick.

[mdotcarter]

Good to hear from you Nick. Glad you and your family made out okay.

[npez]

Thanks Michael.

Nick.

[pagemaster]

price=?

[SuperHatch]

price=?

Call Mazworx. I've spoken to Mark and he gave me a price, but I am not in a position to tell you, only the vendor is. If the product/service is not on their website, their phone number is.

[pagemaster]

kool thanks

[npez]

I thought I would post an update with the cleaned up intake plenum. The welds are trully beautiful - credit to Mazwork! Thanks again Mark.

Nick.



And one stitting on the engine

[Infinitiguy19]

That is a truly beautiful site, when i first saw the plenum the welding scared me away but here it look 100 times better great job.

[gs14racer]

looks sick, good job

[Razi]

Jeez!!!!!!!!!!Hot!

[ZenkiFactor]

That manifold is chromed not polished correct?

[npez]

That manifold is chromed not polished correct?

No, the manifold is polished only not chromed......

Nick.

[OUKNO]

Damn that thing is so mo F-ing Bad @ss looking.

Mazworx for their skills

[maxnix]

No, the manifold is polished only not chromed......

Nick.

And the inside is still rough?

[npez]

And the inside is still rough?

I don't follow your train of thought - can you expand?

[OUKNO]

I don't follow your train of thought - can you expand?

I believe he's questioning if the inside of the plenum is polished.Polished would make the air - fuel mixture move smother and quicker in to the cylinders. hince giving a tad bit more HP. Right??

[T45]

[npez]

I believe he's questioning if the inside of the plenum is polished.Polished would make the air - fuel mixture move smother and quicker in to the cylinders. hince giving a tad bit more HP. Right??

Ah ok I follow you - I suppose that would be true in theory but I think I'm with Ben on the can-o-worms aspect of this. Not sure how much of a benefit that would provide, especially running forced induction like I will be. I guess if I can eliminate all the other bottlenecks in the induction track I could extrudehone the thing, but I think I'm pretty far away from that juncture

Thanks for the clarification....

Nick.

[Mettler]

Polished would make the air - fuel mixture move smother and quicker in to the cylinders. hince giving a tad bit more HP. Right??

Not necessarily... go take a look at a golf ball some time, it's dimpled so as to create an 'air bearing' effect, reducing its friction as it flies through the air and allowing it greater speed & distance.

The inside surface of ports and runners etc are best to be slightly rough, for the same reason that golf balls are dimpled.

[OUKNO]

OkI see what youre saying but why in the hell would machine shops have been polishing intakes and head for the last I can't count how many years?

Nico rules for good info

[Carl H]

headwork is a black art...alot of grey information but nothing 100%.it all comes thru experience and every engine is different.

[irax]

ehhh it looked waay better non-polished IMHO

[district_drftr]

has anyone visited the site http://www.rossmachineracing.c....html they have some real nice materials to make custom intake manifolds i think thats what ima do to get rid of the whole spider man look

[HG50]

props on that job, looks real good.

[SSDwellah]

has anyone visited the site http://www.rossmachineracing.c....html they have some real nice materials to make custom intake manifolds i think thats what ima do to get rid of the whole spider man look

Yeah those do look pretty nice. They even have Q45 TB flanges. I have never welded aluminum though, so I don't know if I would want to experiment for the first time on something like an intake manifold

[maxnix]

I believe he's questioning if the inside of the plenum is polished.Polished would make the air - fuel mixture move smother and quicker in to the cylinders. hince giving a tad bit more HP. Right??

Perhaps, but the inside of the OEM plenum is plenty large for adequate airflow in stock tune.

The main advantage I would see is longer life free from deposit accumulation and deposit build-up.

Polished outside is cosmetic, polished inside is functional.

[DJ Raijin]

very nice work though I think I'd powder coat mine
Modified by DJ Raijin at 10:12 AM 2/24/2009