tooter's manifold adventure...

[tooter]

Originally Posted by suckerface

Oh really? Is this the full manifold, or just the flange and TB adapter?

Both.

My goal is to hopefully sell enough tooters to at least break even on the design, material, manufacturing and assembly costs. The market is infintessimally small so I'm only making just enough that I think might actually sell. Kits with the tooter mounting flange, throttle body bolts and adaptor, and gaskets for the do-it-yourselfers and maybe a few assembled units for those who want a complete bolt on manifold. Either way an intake still needs to be modified to fit the unusual placement of the throttlebody. Ironically, the tooter might shine the most in a forced intake situation because it's capable of flowing about 20% more air under identical conditions.

What I'm most happy about is how well the manifold is working for just ordinary everyday transportation driving, which is what the wife and me use our car for. I even shoved the big BLOX air filter over the T shirt for some extra protection and drove it downtown for work today...



...also did a some 70mph freeway when I could just to see how it felt. Man, it runs great even with the doubled up rag restricting the intake! Since all manifolds are a compromise between bottom end torque and top end horsepower, it will be really interesting to see which end it favors on the dyno. Just from the seat of the pants, it seems to favor the bottom since I haven't actually run the engine above 4,000 rpm.

[tooter]

Just did the first gas fill up with the tooter and it appears that it's not hurting the mileage any at 39.1 mpg with a combination of city, rural highway, and freeway driving. I'll need some more fillups to establish a reliable average.

[ljming99]

Originally Posted by tooter

Both.

My goal is to hopefully sell enough tooters to at least break even on the design, material, manufacturing and assembly costs. The market is infintessimally small so I'm only making just enough that I think might actually sell. Kits with the tooter mounting flange, throttle body bolts and adaptor, and gaskets for the do-it-yourselfers and maybe a few assembled units for those who want a complete bolt on manifold. Either way an intake still needs to be modified to fit the unusual placement of the throttlebody. Ironically, the tooter might shine the most in a forced intake situation because it's capable of flowing about 20% more air under identical conditions.

What I'm most happy about is how well the manifold is working for just ordinary everyday transportation driving, which is what the wife and me use our car for. I even shoved the big BLOX air filter over the T shirt for some extra protection and drove it downtown for work today...



...also did a some 70mph freeway when I could just to see how it felt. Man, it runs great even with the doubled up rag restricting the intake! Since all manifolds are a compromise between bottom end torque and top end horsepower, it will be really interesting to see which end it favors on the dyno. Just from the seat of the pants, it seems to favor the bottom since I haven't actually run the engine above 4,000 rpm.

Doesnt really matter, next step will be tuning...that will take care of the high end anyway.