carbon fiber miniram..
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Melting Slicks
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From: Sweden/Stockholm
carbon fiber miniram..
Hello folks..
I got a friend here in Sweden that work with carbon fiber, he makes engine parts ( most inkate details ) in carbon fiber for race cars. He has worked in NASA before and got his education there so he is good :)
Now Im going to take a miniram ( i borrowd if from a fellow vette owner )intake to him and se if he can make a carbon fiber copy of the entire intake!
How does this sound? Is there going to be anny heat problemes or seal problemes between the alu heads and the carbon fiber?
The intake should land around $600.
More info and pics will follow...
Im sure he can answer my question, so keep them coming so I can forward them to him.
thanks for reading..
I got a friend here in Sweden that work with carbon fiber, he makes engine parts ( most inkate details ) in carbon fiber for race cars. He has worked in NASA before and got his education there so he is good :)
Now Im going to take a miniram ( i borrowd if from a fellow vette owner )intake to him and se if he can make a carbon fiber copy of the entire intake!
How does this sound? Is there going to be anny heat problemes or seal problemes between the alu heads and the carbon fiber?
The intake should land around $600.
More info and pics will follow...
Im sure he can answer my question, so keep them coming so I can forward them to him.
thanks for reading..
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Re: carbon fiber miniram.. (devilfish)
This is what I'm waiting for!! :thumbs:
A Carbon Fiber Miniram Intake!! :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
I dont think the heat will be a factor at all. Take the LS1 for instance, the intake is plastic. I'd be interested for sure.
The LS1 design is cool too. Please, ask your friend if he would concider re-designing the LS1 intake to fit the 350.
Thanks,
John
A Carbon Fiber Miniram Intake!! :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
I dont think the heat will be a factor at all. Take the LS1 for instance, the intake is plastic. I'd be interested for sure.
The LS1 design is cool too. Please, ask your friend if he would concider re-designing the LS1 intake to fit the 350.
Thanks,
John
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Melting Slicks
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Re: carbon fiber miniram.. (Mike's 86)
i will talk to him about the ls1 intake. But I dont have a ls1 intake to take to him :( He must se it before he can comment on it..
Burning Brakes
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Re: carbon fiber miniram.. (devilfish)
$600 sounds great!!
The other big expense on swapping intakes is fuel rails and fuel pressure regulator. It seems companies want $300 for fuel rails. I'd be interested in your solution.
:cheers:
The other big expense on swapping intakes is fuel rails and fuel pressure regulator. It seems companies want $300 for fuel rails. I'd be interested in your solution.
:cheers:
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Re: carbon fiber miniram.. (War Machine)
The LS1 design is cool too. Please, ask your friend if he would concider re-designing the LS1 intake to fit the 350.
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Re: carbon fiber miniram.. (Curveit)
Here is a C12 LS based intake :D http://www.callawaycars.com/Engineer.../expintman.htm :thumbs:
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Re: carbon fiber miniram.. (Raistlin)
The price of the TPIS Miniram has always seems outrageous to me. I’ve always wondered why Edelbrock hasn’t marketed an LT1/Miniram style intake for the standard small block Chevy; I bet they could sell a million of them. They make a single plane manifold for a Caddy V8, but not that. Hmmmm.
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Re: carbon fiber miniram.. (scorp508)
Bigtime, check out the cylinder heads' intake ports.
[Modified by corvette0096, 2:51 PM 4/11/2003]
Burning Brakes
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Re: carbon fiber miniram.. (Klamath Stoogie)
The price of the TPIS Miniram has always seems outrageous to me.
As for the CF style MiniRam, that would be twice as good as the TPI. Flows a heck of a lot better, and weighs a lot less. And I don't think there would be any heat issues either as the TPI manifold and runners have been made out of plastic before.
Good luck with the project.
Drifting
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Re: carbon fiber miniram.. (*89x2*)
Here is a C12 LS based intake :D http://www.callawaycars.com/Engineer.../expintman.htm :thumbs:
Instructor
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Re: carbon fiber miniram.. (Fast Glass)
If you have one (like I do) you'd appreciate how much better it is than the stock TPI, and be willing to pay for it.
Drifting
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Re: carbon fiber miniram.. (Klamath Stoogie)
I’m considering getting one myself. I realize that it is superior to the stock TPI in nearly every aspect. The point I was trying to make was that TPIS wants $900 *just* for the manifold which seems outrageous to me.