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06-18-2012, 11:14 AM | #1 |
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Just mill the vertical surfaces and Dremel the angle yourself!
The aluminium is soft. I had already been practicing on the old flange and using a good bit, the stuff peels off smooth like cold butter. Make the outer holes smaller and then feather them out to meet the inner edge of the outer Yaris ports. Heck, when I first started out I was going to do the whole thing by hand with a drill press and a Dremel! I was just going to trace the Yaris gasket on one side of a 25mm slab and draw around the Corolla runners on the other side. Then use a drill press to punch out all of the vertically matching areas that go all the way through and Dremel the rest. Oh, the guys let me in on another tip... The 25mm bars we're getting have manufacturing rolling/extruding stresses in them and can warp under the heat of welding. So they're going to mill both sides flat and true to remove the more highly stressed and compressed metal at the surfaces. Then they'll lay flat under welding heat. Any other ideas that are related to me I'll share them with you. |
06-22-2012, 09:28 PM | #2 |
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I found a local speed shop that will dyno test my car to document the baseline performance so that when the manifold is installed and dyno tested, I'll have something to compare it against.
An aftermarket intake was needed as the stock air box will not work with the new manifold do to the repositioned throttle body. So I'm cobbling together two different systems. After looking at absolutely every intake made, I really like the BLOX air filter kit the most because it was the only one I found that uses a true velocity stack as its base and has a dry element (no oil to deal with) air filter attached onto it... The BLOX will be installed onto a Weapon R Short Ram Intake tube... I picked the Weapon R because the high polish not only looks good, it's simple, direct, and cheap... and the Blox Velocity Stack fits right onto it. The repositioned throttle body poses no problem for the Weapon R as there is plenty of room to rotate the pipe to locate the air filter in a good spot. So the baseline dyno test will be: BLOX Velocity Stack Dry Element Air Filter Weapon R Short Ram intake Weapon R 4-2-1 Exhaust Header Micro Image MagnaFlow Center Exit Exhaust And only change for comparison will be the modified Corolla intake manifold. The velocity stack comes in a few days so I'll be installing the intake. And the car is almost has 1,000 miles on it, over a grand, it should be broken in enough for a few dyno runs. I'll post the chart as soon as the first runs are done. Last edited by tooter; 06-23-2012 at 12:15 PM. |
06-22-2012, 09:52 PM | #3 |
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Exciting - real data!
...which shop is doing your dyno?
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06-22-2012, 09:53 PM | #4 |
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AFE filters are dry or oiled, by the way.
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06-22-2012, 10:25 PM | #5 |
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Hey Garm,
HK Motorsports on Oxnard in Van Nuys is going to do it. I already talked to Harry. The AFE is a good SRI system, but I didn't care for the black plastic tubing with those tight bends. Also considered the K&N SRI. It has free play without the box, but I didn't want to deal with an oily filter. Neither of those would work anyways as the attitude of the throttle body is going to end up being altered from the stock position in two axes. A free floating system serves my needs better because I can rotate it to fit, and there is no box to restrict the filter location. I might have a go at polishing the runners on the Corolla manifold, so the highly polished Weapon R tube should compliment them, and I really like the design of the BLOX velocity stacks. The throat is 2.5 inches inside diameter which perfectly matches the Weapon R aluminium pipe. Then it smoothly flares out to about 5 inches. An elegantly simple practical free flowing design. Here's a really cool demonstration of the same beautiful principle using flowing water instead of air... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCdqZFtb-BQ&feature=fvst Last edited by tooter; 06-23-2012 at 01:01 PM. |
06-23-2012, 12:47 AM | #6 |
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Been reading about velocity stacks and discovered that they're also called flow stacks...
This is a cross section of the BPI flow stack air filter which is exactly the same design as the BLOX. I can't tell, they might be the same manufacturer... Last edited by tooter; 06-23-2012 at 02:32 AM. |
06-23-2012, 01:17 AM | #7 |
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Here's a video of a normally aspirated engine with velocity stacks...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GAbgqz4yGs Crank up the sound... it will positively blow your mind! An S2000 with stacks... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccCIb...eature=related Last edited by tooter; 06-23-2012 at 02:40 AM. |
06-23-2012, 02:36 AM | #8 |
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Holy moly dymag wheels ! Spare no expense !
Where to get that flow stack tooter ? |
06-23-2012, 03:08 AM | #9 |
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Got it as a complete kit off Ebay from the seller called "goodygarage".
He has 5. I bought one, so there are 4 still for sale. Kit: BLOX composite black 2.5" velocity stack (not aluminium) 6 inch dry element filter 2.5" silicone coupler to fit any 2.5' intake pipe 3 stainless steel screw clamps, big one for filter, 2 little ones for the mounting coupler $57 with free shipping and including California sales tax. It ships from back east so I won't receive it out here on the west coast until the 28th. Would ship to you quicker because you're closer. Last edited by tooter; 06-23-2012 at 12:42 PM. |
06-23-2012, 07:38 PM | #10 |
I have that setup already but you might have to trim the velocity stack and weapon R tube a little bit for a proper fit next to the headlight. It does make a difference and when you shift the thing is sucking so much air sounds like I have a blowoff valve(don't know why but i think it's pretty cool)
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06-23-2012, 08:26 PM | #11 |
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Cool!
Do you have a pic of your intake that you could post? ...or even a video of the sound? I'd love to hear it. If it's already loud on a stock manifold, I wonder what it's going to sound like on this? |
06-23-2012, 08:56 PM | #12 |
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Found someon else's experience with a velocity stack intake...
We then fabricated a 3" intake with a BPI flow stack, and installed a motordyne 5/16" spacer. Huge gains were seen above 5500rpm, the largest gain being over 20whp near RPM limit. The peak power increased to 228whp, another 11whp from spacer + intake. Here's what they look like without filters on them... My setup will be quite similar to this, except with an airflow sensor... Last edited by tooter; 06-23-2012 at 09:13 PM. |
06-23-2012, 09:06 PM | #13 |
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This is a flow stack truck muffler...
Quiet Performance Straight Flow Stack Muffler Item Number: 185828 Regular price: $194.99 Straight flow mufflers cancel out soundwaves by directing them into one another to absorb sound energy without added restriction. Up to 50 additional horsepower, improved throttle response and lower exhaust gas temperatures. Improves fuel mileage and power. 51.5" total length x 10" diameter. Designed to go up the side or rear of the cab. This muffler creates no back pressure, which allows for a gain of at least 1 mile per gallon. You can save 1000 gallons for every 100,000 miles driven. Since the flow is not restricted, the muffler gathers no soot or condensation, making this muffler last for the life of the truck. 5" I.D. inlet and outlet. Fits all class 8 trucks with 5" vertical stacks. Sold individually. It flows from bottom to top with the flow stack above the gap in the baffle. Really clever design. Last edited by tooter; 06-23-2012 at 10:14 PM. |
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I have several of those 1ZZ intakes at work, they look seriously cool. Hoping this makes power on the cheap, if so, I'm in! |
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06-24-2012, 12:01 PM | #15 |
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The weaponR filter has a small velocity stack built into it...
Do you want to sell it...?
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It's brand new in the box, and can be yours as a complete kit for $20 and 7$ for USPS Priority Mail shipping. Edit: Price lowered. It's likely you wanted the cylinder filter and not the cone filter so I went ahead and listed it on Ebay. If you do want it, you can have it for $20 if you let me know before anyone bids on it so i can cancel the auction. Filter 3" to 2.5" silicone adapter All stainless steel screw clamp Allen wrench to disassemble filter for cleaning Element cleaning solution The filter has a really tough ridgid metal mesh on the outside and inside of the element... It's built for a 3 inch intake and has internal vanes to smooth the airflow... The silicone adapter allows it to fit a 2.5 inch intake... Last edited by tooter; 06-24-2012 at 11:45 PM. |
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The air filter sold on Ebay for $25. That brings the cost of the intake down to just $200. |
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06-28-2012, 04:58 PM | #18 |
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The BLOX velocity stack air filter arrived today.
It fits perfectly on the Weapon R intake tube... The throat of the velocity stack is 2.5 inches... and smothly flares out to 6 inches... ...and the oversized dry element filter is 7.5 inches in diameter. Hope it fits under the hood! Now, to put it on the car. |
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