My latest intake creation

[Rattlesnake]

Inspired by the Tunnel Ram design!


Tunnel Ram vs Stock


Reinaldo Moloon

[contraption22]

Very nifty.

Using a TPI style throttle body?

[2.216VTurbo]

Fiero intake?

[iTurbo]

60' v6?

[black86glhs]

Yes it is.

[Orangetona]

Very nice. So how does it fit?

[Rattlesnake]

Pretty good, see it for yourself

[RoadWarrior222]

Kewl.... .... and here I was thinking it was something that came off the arm of a Bobcat.

[black86glhs]

DO you think it will help build torque?

[Rattlesnake]

Dude, you are a awesome!!

[black86glhs]

Lol!!!!
I had to post that...too good to pass up.

[Rattlesnake]

I believe It will build a good amount over what I have now but what it will really do is move the peak torque higher in the rpm range along with a substantial amount of hp at top end, where I really need it.

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Lol!!!!
I had to post that...too good to pass up.

The laughing icons were for RoadWarrior22, he comes out with the weirdest comparisons!! I do enjoy them a lot though!

[black86glhs]

I wouldn't expect the torque to be much better feeling, but like you said, the rpm range will go up. Won't fall off on the top end like the 2.8's & 3.1's normally do.

[RoadWarrior222]

Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week, don't forget to tip your server.

Yeah, doesn't look like great bottom end will be a feature of that one, lots of volume but too much diameter to get the momentum up. Probably outflows everything under it to the valve though.

Is it dry or wet? Dunno where the fuel goes in on your setup there. If it goes in at the TB, never mind, if it goes in at or near the ports, then I've got this idea about automagic variable intakes....

What you do, is arrange sections of inner tubes inside the intake, with open valves sealed through the wall to atmosphere, thus when in vacuum or part throttle, they inflate, at WOT, they collapse. You can either use a fat tube perpendicular to the flow to inflate and force air into the narrow side of a dual plane intake... or put thinner bike tubes at 4 corners of a wide intake to restrict it to a central core...

... If gas gets expensive, you can pre-load them by inserting the valve and putting a couple of psi in them.... or 20 psi or so if you wanna lend the car out and don't want anyone hooning it

I was pondering where you could find silicone hose thick enough to hold shape but flexible enough to deflate or inflate a bit... then you could contain a length of that in a rigid outer that's ventilated, and have it suck narrow, or open wide. Bernoulli effect might mess with that a bit though, be difficult to get the right degree of flex in it.

[Orangetona]

Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week, don't forget to tip your server.

Yeah...hes definately not going anywhere.

[black86glhs]

Yeah...hes definately not going anywhere.

We aren't that lucky.....lol.

[turbovanman²]

Looks great Rolando, that should really help as the older engines choked up top.

Yeah...hes definately not going anywhere.

Damn, too bad,

[Orangetona]

Rolando...lulz.

Reinaldo is the correct spelling I THINK.

[RoadWarrior222]

And it probably qualifies for "The Great" in front of it... as long as you hire female assistants in skimpy attire.

[Rattlesnake]

I over killed it on plenum size to compensate for airflow friction on the walls. That way a larger volume of air will flow in the middle at a higher speed without friction.