Bespoke Intake Manifold B202

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Re: Bespoke Intake Manifold B202

Postby Saabina » Tue Apr 19, 2022 4:16 pm

You mentioned anti balloon reinforcements. What is the flat surface thickness and why not up it a notch to retain the clean visuals? Would look awesome if the welds are ground and the whole thing polished. Excellent work and project!

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Re: Bespoke Intake Manifold B202

Postby 99Super » Fri Apr 22, 2022 11:04 pm

Amazing work as always!
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Re: Bespoke Intake Manifold B202

Postby squaab99t » Thu Apr 28, 2022 4:28 pm

Saabina wrote:You mentioned anti balloon reinforcements. What is the flat surface thickness and why not up it a notch to retain the clean visuals? Would look awesome if the welds are ground and the whole thing polished. Excellent work and project!

Thanks for the questions. The flat plate is .125 inch thick with milled down step to the tubing of .090 inch thickness. I opted to test, before to see if I needed to add a vertical member or two. The amount of duty and cycles it will see I decided not to add the extra members. Perfect vacuum to full boost will see about .060" or 1/16 of an inch overall collapse to expand.
As for the grinding and polishing, the idea did crossed my mind, but that makes you a grinder not a welder. I'll leave it to remind me it is practice for the next welding project.

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Re: Bespoke Intake Manifold B202

Postby squaab99t » Thu Apr 28, 2022 4:30 pm

99Super wrote:Amazing work as always!

Thanks John, learning by doing is always a good endeavor, ever if it is a major F'up.

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Re: Bespoke Intake Manifold B202

Postby 99Super » Fri Apr 29, 2022 6:57 pm

My pile of F'ups is quite large! But I'm a slow learner.
I'm waiting for you to build a manifold for GSX-R ITBs so I can buy your first attempt. ;)
Still bummed your original wastegate setup wouldn't work in my 99...
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Re: Bespoke Intake Manifold B202

Postby squaab99t » Sat Apr 30, 2022 11:30 am

99Super wrote:My pile of F'ups is quite large! But I'm a slow learner.
I'm waiting for you to build a manifold for GSX-R ITBs so I can buy your first attempt. ;)
Still bummed your original wastegate setup wouldn't work in my 99...

Keep the pile, you never know something might turn into something completely different.
Itb? I can get behind that. Totally sexy N/A setup. How about where the injectors live upstream of the trumpets?
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