^^^ Phil was demoted to Cheer Leader.

 

sorry scott, I should have warned you this was a 5 beer thread.

 

^^^

 

SO did you make more power on the dyno?

 

nope, and honestly I won't waste my money on that with this setup. I did dyno the car once before but it had a differant motor and a turbo, so even if I did dyno it I wouldn't have anything to compare it to.
It "pulls hard" though.

 

Is a group buy in the future? That should hold up for a while though!

 

I was kidding... I'm 1000% sure you lost power and could not afford dyno time.

 

Next time get mild steel pipe from McMaster Carr.

Andrew

 

Good sir that is an insult to ghetto pieces! I would classify it as........a ******* trainwreck.

 

If Phil can make 220 hp with 22 lbs of boost, I wonder how little he can make with no boost!

 

A couple of pics from the club meeting.. FWIW - I think it is quieter now than it was before.

 

I cant believe you are proud enough of that to show pics on a car forum...

 

For the record. It's not mine.

In other news I think we've pretty much established that Phil doesn't give a F**K about what people think.

 

 

FWIW i made this for about 35$ i know its no masterpiece, bare in mind it wasnt completed or cleaned up yet in that photo, but the lengths are equal and i used mandrel bends...

 

Just trying to give you ideas for when you go back to turbo

 

^Is that cast iron? If that doesnt leak, Im impressed.

 

Good lord! I dont think even a scrap yard would take that!!!

 

wow wee waa waa

 

Just to throw things into perspective for you guys, this is my LAST manifold:

 

well....
1. I don't know where to get that much mandrel bent pipe for $35
2. my last manifold (pictured above) was made of mandrel bent exhaust pipe and it only lasted a year.

 

wow, thats quite the piece. That pipe wont last very long dude. Atleats use schedule 40 black iron water pipe. You can get it in angles 22.5 45 and 90 and it has beveled edges already for welding since thats what its made for. Veyr inexpensive.

 

Or at least learn how to use a welder for God's sake

 

Jesus.

You do realize there is a lot more to fluid dynamics than "length" and... well I think that's the only consideration you thought of.

1st, those threaded couplings will generate a hell of a lot of turbulent flow. The 90 degree elbow there will mess up the flow velocity as well.
2nd, someone already mentioned this, but I don't think that steel is rated for the temps you will be seeing. It will probably start corroding after a couple months and break the welds.

By the way, I'm a mechanical engineer and I do not approve this in principle or execution.

 

Phil, at some point you're finally going to realize that taking the time and spending the money to do something properly once is ultimately cheaper and faster than building improper setups over and over again.