Official Richard Holdener who wants to buy an intake manifold list

[richardholdener]

Sorry I couldnot respond to any inquiries yesterday. I spent all day driving out to california (from Vegas) to pick up an all-aluminum 427 Ford, check on a 1000-hp 5.4L GT500 mod motor and revise the design of the LS1 cross ram intake we were getting ready for dyno and display at SEMA. Oh-the life of automotive rock star!

[PETERPOOP]

Originally Posted by richardholdener

Sorry I couldnot respond to any inquiries yesterday. I spent all day driving out to california (from Vegas) to pick up an all-aluminum 427 Ford, check on a 1000-hp 5.4L GT500 mod motor and revise the design of the LS1 cross ram intake we were getting ready for dyno and display at SEMA. Oh-the life of automotive rock star!

I didn't read anywhere in there that you have started our manifolds! doh. End of november right?

[richardholdener]

Schedule is to have intakes ready by end of Nov-just trying to get cros ram done and tested for SEMA right now-then we can do yaris intake.

Originally Posted by PETERPOOP

I didn't read anywhere in there that you have started our manifolds! doh. End of november right?

[PETERPOOP]

Our man Richard has done some boooks too...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...ard%20Holdener

A little more about the man..



Richard Holdener was born in Washington D.C. but his family moved almost immediately to California. His first automotive experience came with his father at a car show. After viewing all of the elaborate horsepower hard-ware, Richard was hooked on going fast.

Richard’s garage has been home to a variety of high-performance machinery. The list includes a couple of Camaros, a Lotus-motored Jensen Healy, a 260 Z, a 230SL Mercedes, a 1972 911T, a blown crewcab Dualie, a pair of Hondas (one supercharged Civic Si), a Toyota Corolla, a Mercedes 450 SEL, and trio of hot motorcycles. First came the Honda 500 Interceptor, then the 600 Ninja, and finally the GSX-R750. Somewhere in all this madness came a 1965 Hipo GT and a trio of 5.0L Mustangs.

Richard’s first article came from his Mustang adventures at the Silver State. Since this initial coverage, Richard has contributed to numerous magazines, including Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords, Car Craft, Super Ford, Truckin’, Mustang Illustrated, Popular Hotrodding, Sport CompactCar, European Car, Pontiac Enthusiast, and many others.



I feel pretty confident with this guy and the manifold i'll be getting!

[cali yaris]

TheRealEnth, I believe it is "duct" tape and not "duck" tape... no mani for you.

[TheRealEnth]

Failed at life -.- =(

[cee_dub2003]

Wow thanks for all the info. nice info is.

[ZING]

Plus google corrects his name, magic I tell you.

[cee_dub2003]

Man common guys those questions were for Richard to answer. I did do the google search to before i posted. I know his background which is very extensive and long. I commend Richard on his long track record and experience.

You guys turned my questions for him around into a "I don't know who Richard is thread" please stay on topic too...
I am fully aware who he is and have owned one of his books before ok!

I said i am just trying to put all the posts together. Is anyone really reading what I am asking.

[PETERPOOP]

he hasn't signed on yet today. he'll probably answer it when he gets on.

[kou]

Richard is busy making maifolds.

[PETERPOOP]

no you can't be added. i'm the only one allowed with this in hawaii. ;) j/j. Glad you are jumping on this!

[eTiMaGo]

Richard,

Sounds like a tough job... Wanna trade and stay here in the tropics for a while?

[at3GG]

I dunno about anyone else but if i was blade i would go lay down. It's not fun being broke as a joke (points to self) when something good comes up. But can't wait to hear results from all you guys on the list.

[WolfWings]

Wish this was the mid-range manifold, I'd be all over it like white on rice. I've no complaints once the rev's get up, I just wish the little 1.5er had a smidge more grunt sooner in the RPM's. Enjoy the high-end zing though, you lot that're buying one. S'just not something I'd get any real use out of, or I'd be joining you all in a heartbeat!

[richardholdener]

Not to sound like I'm trying to sell the intake, but I don't understand this line of reasoning. Check out the graphs supplied on the intake manifold post and you will see that this design offered gains at 2500 rpm, 3500 rpm, 4000-6000 rpm. Since it never made any less power than the stock manifold, I don't understand why someone wouldn't be interested in having these gains. If it is a money issue-I fully understand, but since gains came as low as 2500 rpm, that is pretty usable. Even the extra torque at 3500 rpm and 4000 rpm (6-8 lbs ft.) are usable in every day driving.

Originally Posted by WolfWings

Wish this was the mid-range manifold, I'd be all over it like white on rice. I've no complaints once the rev's get up, I just wish the little 1.5er had a smidge more grunt sooner in the RPM's. Enjoy the high-end zing though, you lot that're buying one. S'just not something I'd get any real use out of, or I'd be joining you all in a heartbeat!

[tk-421]

Originally Posted by richardholdener

Not to sound like I'm trying to sell the intake, but I don't understand this line of reasoning. Check out the graphs supplied on the intake manifold post and you will see that this design offered gains at 2500 rpm, 3500 rpm, 4000-6000 rpm. Since it never made any less power than the stock manifold, I don't understand why someone wouldn't be interested in having these gains. If it is a money issue-I fully understand, but since gains came as low as 2500 rpm, that is pretty usable. Even the extra torque at 3500 rpm and 4000 rpm (6-8 lbs ft.) are usable in every day driving.

I believe WolfWings was referring to the fact that the "midrange manifold" prototype showed higher low- and mid-range gains than the latest model. Judging from the above dyno graph, I'm thinking the gains at 2500RPM and 3500RPM should be barely noticeable under normal driving conditions, and that the really juicy stuff should kick in at 4K+ RPM, which is a territory that a lot of "point A to point B" folks don't usually tread under.

Again, I still consider this a worthwhile purchase, but I think more gains at the low- and mid-range would've been even better for people that spend most of their time in the street (i.e. between red lights, traffic, etc).

[WolfWings]

Originally Posted by tk-421

I believe WolfWings was referring to the fact that the "midrange manifold" prototype showed higher low- and mid-range gains than the latest model. Judging from the above dyno graph, I'm thinking the gains at 2500RPM and 3500RPM should be barely noticeable under normal driving conditions, and that the really juicy stuff should kick in at 4K+ RPM, which is a territory that a lot of "point A to point B" folks don't usually tread under.

Bingo. My car's a DD that sees use at autocross, and my biggest wish is more grunt around the 2500-4000rpm range, since it's either stay in 2nd and go way up and down the RPM scale from 2000-redline as I go through the course, or bash my poor transmission to cinders slamming in and out of 1st gear ten or more times in a single 45-second run as I go in and out of corners. Even with my decent rev-matching, it's rough on the transmission.

Originally Posted by tk-421

Again, I still consider this a worthwhile purchase, but I think more gains at the low- and mid-range would've been even better for people that spend most of their time in the street (i.e. between red lights, traffic, etc).

Oh, I make no bones about complimenting this intake, it's wonderful looking for those that can hit open track day or for playing around on the highway where you can really unwind the decent legs on this motor. But for my particular performance-improvement goals (avoiding downshifting to 1st gear to deal with sub-25mph corners) it doesn't look like it would help that much compared to what I remember of the mid-range graph that had everything shoved about 500rpm to the left for HP, so torque was a notch higher down across the full low-range. Or was that some other dyno graph unrelated to any of these intakes?