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- What vehicle(s) do you drive?
- 72 Miller Meteor
For those playing the home game or who haven't seen my previous posts we've been working on doing a turbo 472 for my '72 M-M hearse but that project got put on a different burner while we finished building our permanent shop. I have fallen in love with the idea of switching to a set of Boogieman heads but between whatever intake I'm using (which generally are 4-5" taller than stock) and the added 1" of height the Boogieman heads provide I'm genuinely concerned that I won't have enough room for the blow through hat through the throttle body.
This has lead to a discussion amongst me and my friends about possibly fabricating our own intake for the project. Thinking that something with a front mounted throttle body would be ideal (LS style) for the turbo piping. Obviously I'm not trying to invest 10's of thousands of dollars on R&D especially when most design flaws can be overcome by forcing atmospheres through a motor.
So first question is: Has anybody here fabricated their own intake?
Second question: How worried would you be about runner length and overall plenum volume? The anecdotal knowledge I have about intakes is that the longer the runner the higher the power curve and that short runners are generally better for torque.
This has lead to a discussion amongst me and my friends about possibly fabricating our own intake for the project. Thinking that something with a front mounted throttle body would be ideal (LS style) for the turbo piping. Obviously I'm not trying to invest 10's of thousands of dollars on R&D especially when most design flaws can be overcome by forcing atmospheres through a motor.
So first question is: Has anybody here fabricated their own intake?
Second question: How worried would you be about runner length and overall plenum volume? The anecdotal knowledge I have about intakes is that the longer the runner the higher the power curve and that short runners are generally better for torque.