Intake manifolds: Sonata v L300

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Intake manifolds: Sonata v L300

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SpidersWeb wrote:How do you get the turbo so polished up like that. Im doing it with mine manually with various grades of sandpaper, its working but taking ages. Is there some magical shortcut I should know about?
Yes. I took it (and my piping) to a metal polisher :)
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Post by SpidersWeb »

Now that sounds like a much more sensible idea.
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Post by toysrus »

Hey, wouldn't a custom equal length tubular manifold for the intake perform better than this ?


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The above is really nice and short, but just wondering why no one has ever made a tubular inlet manifold apart from cost...any theories/ or exact numbers cause I estimate about 15% loss in effieceny with any air through plenum into runners ?
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Post by strion »

ive got one similar to that....incomplete though...how much would a complete one like that cost?
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Spiders web, you can get sanding bits for normal drills. there like a fan of sand paper, they work very well and easilly. Have a look in any hard ware shop
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Well, this is what I'm making at the moment

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the plenum in the second pic wont be used as Im not happy with this design of mine (dont think the tape will hold for too long either, haha)
it will be a squarer design made from alloy and have a center inlet, joining under it.
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I still wanna know where the MAP sensor goes, Chefman.

Looking great by the way.
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Post by kiwistar »

MAP Sensor location.
You would need to make a common plenum with a pick for the map sensor.

Basically a smaller version of what you have now. That way you will get an average across all intake runners.

After the throttle plates aswell.

With a one way valve this will also act as the vaccum (spelling) for the brake booster.
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strion wrote:ive got one similar to that....incomplete though...how much would a complete one like that cost?
They are asking $1700 AU for this intake! :shock:
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It sure as hell won't cost anywhere near $1700 for a custom intake. Most are around the $1000 mark max. And these are proven performers with research behind them.
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Toys, what info you want?

Diferent TB, Big Arsed. You wanna know what size/type. I know but why not just ask Cookie. he is usually more than happy to help.

I have gone Sonata and can more or less give you some info on it if you want but you need to be more specific.
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Post by StarionChef »

map sensor is built into the wolf, but it's thought that it may induce overfuelling on "off throttle", so a nissan air flow meter might be the solution. I'll see what happens

Kiwistar, thanks for that, where to plumb the brake booster is something I'm not sure of yet.
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with all that extra stuff in there it makes the engine look midget :P that's my technical review for the day :roll:
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Post by ProZac »

i dare say noone would be keen, but heres another pic of a modified l300 manifold... its in an ex lancer, but its a starion engine.. much like my old car! heh.

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Post by decoy »

ah yeh like chefs plans but facing up. turbo looks frigin wierd facing up :S
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