RPM High Flow Intake Bridge
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One thing a guy could try is bring the up-pipes to their stock location, but then have a custom flange going to a single 3" pipe. Then, have it wrap over the top of the p/s bank at the rear of the engine and then into the turbo. A guy could ceramic coat and wrap the pipe to help keep the heat in and it would work well IMO.You would need a guy with TIG skills like Paul to do the fabricating though .
This would leave you all the room you possibly could ever need to make nice big runners and a bridge and would allow you to keep the pulley fan.
Man, no love in my own thread
When I get done with Matt's truck I will get to work on the Low profile runner. I got a call from the machine shop yesterday, and the materials are ready. Im building the runner around a MDP T4 pedistal. I looked into building it around a BD, but there was not enough room to do what I want. The runner Im building for my strip truck, will have a 3.5" V-band inlet, and ditch the Valley CP3. I can also make them hug the valley CP3 if it needs to stay, but one of the lines will need to be modified.
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One thing a guy could try is bring the up-pipes to their stock location, but then have a custom flange going to a single 3" pipe. Then, have it wrap over the top of the p/s bank at the rear of the engine and then into the turbo. A guy could ceramic coat and wrap the pipe to help keep the heat in and it would work well IMO. You would need a guy with TIG skills like Paul to do the fabricating though.
This would leave you all the room you possibly could ever need to make nice big runners and a bridge and would allow you to keep the pulley fan.
Didn't Empire do a similar setup like this awhile back on a LB7? I think they left the pipes seperate though.
What would be the reasoning for doing it this way vs. turning the manifolds around and running the up pipes across the front of the engine? Any gains?
I never said you weren't that guy Russ!!
I would like them across the back because there is nothing back there. In the front you got belts, oil filler, water pump, wiring. Just more stuff in the way that's all. It would leak cleaner across the back plus you could use stock or log style headers. You wouldn't need custom ones.
Well actually, after re-thinking it, I would make the D/S up pipe longer, and bring the p/s up pipe straight up from the exhaust manifold. Join the two with a flange and then just basically make a large u that goes up and the back down right above the p/s exhaust manifold and into the turbo.
If that makes any sense......
If that makes any sense......
I understand what your saying, makes sense. Other than not interfering with the fan, belt, water pump, etc., what do you think would be the advantage to doing it that way? The pipes wouldn't be that much shorter, so I can't see that being a benefit in spool up, or do you think that that little bit would make a differance?
What was the problem on Matt's piece? After seeing that youtube video I'll sick with my restrictive piece, but maybe things have changed.
And if it was warped, He was told it would be fixed and to send it back! Like I said before (Seven) of them are on other trucks without having issues all using the same jig, and a shop back east (Also a DD site sponsor) used the same jig with my flanges to make their own, and it worked perfect. Either way it never made it's way back...
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