just an intake manifold that i'm working on. instead of spending a small fortune on rossracing velocity stacks,a friend of minecame up with the idea of these rings. we picked them up for $1.50 a piece and they look great. manifold is in the beggining stage and the stacks are not smoothed yet. stay tooned for the rest
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That's a good start. I am a little behind you on the same project. My friend has a 16v turbo setup he's collecting parts for so i said I would build him an intake manifold. I just got the lower half of the stock IM like you used today and I made one velocity stack so far. I used 1/2" aluminum rod and rolled into a ring. It came out alright but the time to make the ring was at least 45min. Where did you buy yours?

 

i got them from slingrings.com. what i'm looking for next is a bubble or a half sphere to put on the end of the manifold. i've searched for days and i cant seem to find anyone that sells em. any ideas on who might have them?

 

http://www.sharpeproducts.com/ has half spheres up to 5" in aluminum, under $10 too.

 

badass
I'm about to start a similat project of my own..
I assume for the plenum it's just going to be 3'' or so piping with the hemisphere on the end of it? how do you think that'll compare to a design like

 

You should have got the PINK rings, more fitting for a VW. Not bad, grind it down a bit and you're good to go.

BTW I just bookmarked this the other day:

http://www.velocity-of-sound.c...s.htm

 

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I LOVE YOU........

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personally it looks like air is rushing right past #4. When it comes to boost you don't have to be as picky as NA. Manifold design is only restricted by volume.


Does any one know where to get aluminum transitions other than Burnsstainless?

 

may i ask?
is the manifold prefabricated?

 

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no one that i know of makes intake flanges for our VW 16v engine , so that is a cut down stocker.

 

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is the manifold prefabricated?
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yes, it would only makes sense. the plate was cnc cut and the tubes were cut down on a band saw, then the ends were ovaled with a table vise. the stock flange was then milled down.

i will be cutting the top part of the manifold this weekend, and the pix willl be up soon

 

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ahh..so that's how it's done....
What size tubing is that? and i'm guessing aluminum?