Interest in Intake Manifolds????
09-05-2003
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it would have to have bolt on gains. dyno on a na civic and of course cats turb.
If you guys want, I have the kms intake on my car and a cam gear will be here shortly and installed quickly after that. I would be willing to come down and let you play with it or just check it out on a flow bench or something. If it will help making a nice intake mani easier. I also have the stock one sitting here collecting dust.
Just offering help. Let me know.
If you guys want, I have the kms intake on my car and a cam gear will be here shortly and installed quickly after that. I would be willing to come down and let you play with it or just check it out on a flow bench or something. If it will help making a nice intake mani easier. I also have the stock one sitting here collecting dust.
Just offering help. Let me know.
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Originally posted by Hawk
SSUUURRREE
edit: they'll be lucky to see 20hp gain NA with a intake manifold cai p&p and exhaust. Don't forget the intake manifold isn't the only restrictive section of the civics factory setup
SSUUURRREEedit: they'll be lucky to see 20hp gain NA with a intake manifold cai p&p and exhaust. Don't forget the intake manifold isn't the only restrictive section of the civics factory setup
09-05-2003
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would that gain on port and polishing happen to be when his car was turbo? if so then that type of gain makes sense.
lets put it this way, the only way i'll beleave those kind of gains N/A with those mods alone is a dyno chart. Because its a tad far fetched IMHO
lets put it this way, the only way i'll beleave those kind of gains N/A with those mods alone is a dyno chart. Because its a tad far fetched IMHO
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Rep Power: 326 Originally posted by Hawk
would that gain on port and polishing happen to be when his car was turbo? if so then that type of gain makes sense.
lets put it this way, the only way i'll beleave those kind of gains N/A with those mods alone is a dyno chart. Because its a tad far fetched IMHO
would that gain on port and polishing happen to be when his car was turbo? if so then that type of gain makes sense.
lets put it this way, the only way i'll beleave those kind of gains N/A with those mods alone is a dyno chart. Because its a tad far fetched IMHO
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Rep Power: 288 Funny thing is that most people tend to miss is that the intake manifold is designed the way it is for a reason. Torque and power are a function of intake runner length and diameter. That's probably why KMS' intake sucked for basic applications (and would require tuning such as cams or cam gears). Take a look at most of the aftermarket intake manifolds for the 2000 series vics, they still have longer runners - for a reason. And plastic really isn't THAT bad - sure it sucks for N20, but think for a moment - it doesn't transfer heat like metal does - colder air charge going into your engine (=more power). But anyhow, yeah - if enough time was spent R&Ding this thing I'm sure it could get decent gains.
09-06-2003
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Rep Power: 389 Originally posted by Diemos
50 horsepower? YEAH RIGHT. Not gonna happen. I am still waiting to see if Catalyst can break the 12 barrier.
50 horsepower? YEAH RIGHT. Not gonna happen. I am still waiting to see if Catalyst can break the 12 barrier.
Look how far we have come....people still have doubts before they even know what's going on.
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Rep Power: 326 Originally posted by FlyRiceRacer02
And at one point in history everyone said that no one would ever produce a turbo kit for our cars due to the cramped space in the engine bay.
Look how far we have come....people still have doubts before they even know what's going on.
And at one point in history everyone said that no one would ever produce a turbo kit for our cars due to the cramped space in the engine bay.
Look how far we have come....people still have doubts before they even know what's going on.
Reppin Stage 7
09-18-2003
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Rep Power: 288 Hey, i finally have the head and turbo system on my car. Right now i have the base turbo kit, without the alcohol injection. ANd my car feels as fast, if not faster on 4.5 psi than it did on 9 psi with the old head and alcohol injection.
Release date for intake manifold...... 1 month
Release date for intake manifold...... 1 month
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Rep Power: 288 Hopefully the manifold will be complete when i get the rest of my kit on. Since my car will be down for a couple days, i guess i can make the manifold as well. 
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Rep Power: 0 Why all the negative on the KMS manifold? I'm running it with my turbo and seems to be doing fine....only negative is that I get a very small amount of oil leakage where the i have the breather filter coming off the engine...the kms doesn't utilize the old line so the filter had to be installed. Now I haven't run my turbo without it, as I installed the manifold prior to getting the turbo kit.So I can't really say for sure if it would run better with or without it, only that I haven't experienced any problems.
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Rep Power: 288 i havent said anything derrogatory towards KMS. They are a respectable company, and so are we. Why cant we all just get along?
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Originally posted by Maverick
Why all the negative on the KMS manifold? I'm running it with my turbo and seems to be doing fine....only negative is that I get a very small amount of oil leakage where the i have the breather filter coming off the engine...the kms doesn't utilize the old line so the filter had to be installed. Now I haven't run my turbo without it, as I installed the manifold prior to getting the turbo kit.So I can't really say for sure if it would run better with or without it, only that I haven't experienced any problems.
Why all the negative on the KMS manifold? I'm running it with my turbo and seems to be doing fine....only negative is that I get a very small amount of oil leakage where the i have the breather filter coming off the engine...the kms doesn't utilize the old line so the filter had to be installed. Now I haven't run my turbo without it, as I installed the manifold prior to getting the turbo kit.So I can't really say for sure if it would run better with or without it, only that I haven't experienced any problems.
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Rep Power: 288 I can have the manifold sent out with an RPM service (aka eric's racing) throttle body on it. All the way up to 76mm.
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I would definitely be interested if the price isn't outrageous. I mean the AEM V2 made gains...but I wasn't paying $200 for the minimal gain. Keep us updated...and more than that...keep up the fantastic work.
