Homemade M112 for my LS1 BMW
#103
#105
Def Got that blower spinning! Good work!
After you got done welding the intake on the engine did you send it to heat treat? How much did it pull? Not enough that it couldn't seal tight?
Thats one bad *** sleeper you got there... any ideas what you plan on running in the 1/4?
After you got done welding the intake on the engine did you send it to heat treat? How much did it pull? Not enough that it couldn't seal tight?
Thats one bad *** sleeper you got there... any ideas what you plan on running in the 1/4?
#112
TECH Apprentice
So on a M122 a intercooler would be highly preferred if you were to build your own intake manifold? I understand that it will help cool rather well, how much power are you leaving on the table if you don't intercool the manifold?
#115
On The Tree
iTrader: (1)
If you are running lower boost then an intercooler is not needed as much. I am guessing that the OP is only running somewhere between 7-9psi. While an IC can still serve as a benefit, it is not like a significant amount of power is being left on the table at this boost level. If he cranked it up without doing an IC or injecting water or alky then IAT's would skyrocket and hp gained per psi of boost would drop like a rock.
#116
Thanks guys, the car has not been dyno'd yet. I have been tuning it on the street for now. I will get it dyno tuned after I buy a alky control kit.
I am running around 10psi and if I beat on it for a while(like I did making that video) intake temps will go up to 180+*. I will definitely be running a 100% meth injection in the very near future.
I am running around 10psi and if I beat on it for a while(like I did making that video) intake temps will go up to 180+*. I will definitely be running a 100% meth injection in the very near future.
#119
TECH Apprentice
If you are running lower boost then an intercooler is not needed as much. I am guessing that the OP is only running somewhere between 7-9psi. While an IC can still serve as a benefit, it is not like a significant amount of power is being left on the table at this boost level. If he cranked it up without doing an IC or injecting water or alky then IAT's would skyrocket and hp gained per psi of boost would drop like a rock.
The profit margin for these intakes I doubt would be very high and a business is founded to make money, not break even, they have to beable to buy equipment to grow and build new parts to meet needs and demands. If you start pricing for just the lower manifold with a IC in it and NOTHING else, no bolts, no hoses, no pulley's, just the base with IC connections and injector bungs, then from that point it's a "build it yourself" setup for say.....$1000, a lot of people aren't going to be interested. But I believe that would be about where the prices would start for a intake manifold because of materials, labor, design, R&D, then putting a few dollars in their pocket. Then the consumer has to add $550-1100 for the S/C, the cost of pulleys, cooling system costs and related items, the consumer will very easily get $2k+ wrapped up in this, which is cheaper than a Maggie, but people like simple and easy.