HF Mani over a Short Runner
#1
HF Mani over a Short Runner
I'm Contiplating on making a new manifold.
Will I see much power gains on my 14b if I was to make a short runner like the BMC design.
I will be making it out of 1 5/8 ID Mild steel pipe from http://www.jgstools.com/turbo/index2.html because that was the cheapest price I found. I would like SS but I can weld MILD Steel at home and a little bit of rust on my manifolds never hurt me.
Is it worth my hasle?
Will I see much power gains on my 14b if I was to make a short runner like the BMC design.
I will be making it out of 1 5/8 ID Mild steel pipe from http://www.jgstools.com/turbo/index2.html because that was the cheapest price I found. I would like SS but I can weld MILD Steel at home and a little bit of rust on my manifolds never hurt me.
Is it worth my hasle?
#7
Re: HF Mani over a Short Runner
I'm also considering building my own manifold instead of running a STD manifold this year.
I plan on using 1.5" pipes and tees with BMCRace's premium flange.
Looking at my now-unported manifold it seems that a log manifold would flow much better
It seems to me that porting it would weaken it significantly, no?
Any ideas on this?
I plan on using 1.5" pipes and tees with BMCRace's premium flange.
Looking at my now-unported manifold it seems that a log manifold would flow much better
It seems to me that porting it would weaken it significantly, no?
Any ideas on this?
#8
Re: HF Mani over a Short Runner
a ported HF manifold compared to a log i made, felt about the same. the HF promotes better flow characterstics than a log (obviously since each runner is seperate then collects in the middle). price vs power difference the HF is better, but i would sugest porting everything out etc.
#10
Re: HF Mani over a Short Runner
Originally Posted by SmokeShank
a ported HF manifold compared to a log i made, felt about the same. the HF promotes better flow characterstics than a log (obviously since each runner is seperate then collects in the middle). price vs power difference the HF is better, but i would sugest porting everything out etc.
If you do decide to upgrade make sure the manifold you make has some type of Merge collector, there are lots of great manifolds out there that you can get the idea of.