Thread: Intake manifold options

Nobody likes a show-off!

Im trying to get one made now for my n/a setup, but they said the runners would be about 5 inches......seems kinda short for an n/a setup

Gato looks nice but the angle sucks on them. You really can't get the heater hose on without some really good ingenuity.

This one's for a boosted car and the it has a little less than 5in runner lengths. Would definitely suck on an NA application. In the end it's gonna kick ass. I know I won't have any heater hose issues with this one since it's short

If it was any other industry, I would agree. But I have sat back and watch this forum, gone to events, and talked to alot of guys since 2008 and dont see much progressing anywhere as far as customer/fan support. There are a few hard hitters back a few years ago that looked promising to only sell everything and get out of the game. You honestly wouldnt see this in the other "realm" of the sport compact industry. And dont say that SR20's & FWD are still fairly new because there were a few running hard in the early to late 90's. There just really isnt that vibe that that companies will spend the time and money to further the game until people step up.

Im happy that there are a few companies that will support it, but in a true business investment perspective right now, it doesnt look very promising without more and more guys willing to spend the money to show companies that yes, FWD SR's are worth it.

Not to bash them or anything, but i can tell you no research or thought goes into those manifolds. If you look, they all use the same runners, same plenum for 100 applications.

About the same thing my tuner said last year.

Again, this is for a turbo application not NA. I'll definitely do better Than stock. Plus the fastest turbo VE and some of the most powerful k series motors in the world run his manifolds. I think he knows what he's doing

Here is my other intake, it's a bj's i'm using for my turbo car:

Hate to say it but this is about as true as any statement made about the SR Community that's been said in quite some time. I've been on the Mailing List from the mid to late `90s & the old SR Forums and have noticed the trend of which Autotechmotoring is referring to. Many hardcore SR pilots who were either pioneers or old school members since then have moved on. Very few are willing to shell out serious coin for potentially proven products for our platforms so we are often overlooked by most performance based shops & companies who want to at least break even when investing their time, R&D, & money in development of quality high performance parts for us. Sounds like a broken record but it's still playing. The intake manifold dilemma is being addressed somehow but there is still more that is left on the table. Hopefully the SR FWD community won't be left out in the cold again.