KMS Intake Manifold dissapointing!
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KMS Intake Manifold dissapointing!
from djmota
A $500 upgrade that is really a downgrade. Sounds like this IM is about
useless a the plasma coil blasters!
Glad I did not purchase this
Originally posted by djmota
ok here go my results from various Gtech runs.
Using all the same settings including the place where I did the runs originally. The fuel in the car was a little less than what I had on the Original runs and the outside temp was 10 degrees lower than the original runs. So this should be slightly biased in the favor of the Manifold.
this is the average mesurement of 5 runs ...... 107 gtechHP
I did the installed runs on 2 different days just to make sure the results where Kosher.
average of 10 runs from both days is 99 gtechHP. A loss of 8 gtech HP. Watching the meter and doing these runs pretty much confirm what I was saying before. The car just fall on its face after 5500-5700 RPM Which normally is where it makes its peak HP. Unfortunatly I can't measure torque or see how the TQ curve was affected by the manifold. But may *** tells me it was improved in the low end. Which...who knows may be better in the 1/4 mile. But in my book a loss is a loss.
So cwick187 once you get your real Dyno numbers let me know. I hope that with tuning it will net gains. That will make it worth while. But if not than it was a waste of KMS and our time and money, and we should be taken care of somehow I would be happy with a redesign or refund. As a bolt on part...its not worth it. As a tuned part cwick187 will let us know.
ok here go my results from various Gtech runs.
Using all the same settings including the place where I did the runs originally. The fuel in the car was a little less than what I had on the Original runs and the outside temp was 10 degrees lower than the original runs. So this should be slightly biased in the favor of the Manifold.
this is the average mesurement of 5 runs ...... 107 gtechHP
I did the installed runs on 2 different days just to make sure the results where Kosher.
average of 10 runs from both days is 99 gtechHP. A loss of 8 gtech HP. Watching the meter and doing these runs pretty much confirm what I was saying before. The car just fall on its face after 5500-5700 RPM Which normally is where it makes its peak HP. Unfortunatly I can't measure torque or see how the TQ curve was affected by the manifold. But may *** tells me it was improved in the low end. Which...who knows may be better in the 1/4 mile. But in my book a loss is a loss.
So cwick187 once you get your real Dyno numbers let me know. I hope that with tuning it will net gains. That will make it worth while. But if not than it was a waste of KMS and our time and money, and we should be taken care of somehow I would be happy with a redesign or refund. As a bolt on part...its not worth it. As a tuned part cwick187 will let us know.
A $500 upgrade that is really a downgrade. Sounds like this IM is about
useless a the plasma coil blasters!
Glad I did not purchase this
Last edited by kjgracing; Jun 23, 2003 at 02:30 PM.
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