Plastic TPI Plenum? Ever seen this?
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Plastic TPI Plenum? Ever seen this?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=7917724036
That looks pretty cool. Ive never seen or heard of it before. I wonder if they make composite runners as well?
That looks pretty cool. Ive never seen or heard of it before. I wonder if they make composite runners as well?
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Originally Posted by Wheelman
Might be helpful to know who MRP is....a google search brings up nothing. Anybody heard of 'em 
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Small world. I owned that plenum in the auction about 15 years ago. It made no difference in performance. It did fall apart while driving and scared the life out of me as the car went to WOT condition when the lid blew off. If you look close you can see the drywall screws I used to put the lid back on so I could get home.
MRP stood for Modine(?) Racing Products and they also made a plastic 58mm T-body. Again the thing was a paperweight as the thing would stick and the blades did not match the bore.
They went out of business as soon as they started shipping, most likely due to the problems stated above. They were located somewhere in MI.
Art
MRP stood for Modine(?) Racing Products and they also made a plastic 58mm T-body. Again the thing was a paperweight as the thing would stick and the blades did not match the bore.
They went out of business as soon as they started shipping, most likely due to the problems stated above. They were located somewhere in MI.
Art
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Small world. I owned that plenum in the auction about 15 years ago. It has been on different tables in Carsile for years .
It made no difference in performance. It did fall apart while driving and scared the life out of me as the car went to WOT condition when the lid blew off. If you look close you can see the drywall screws I used to put the lid back on so I could get home.
MRP stood for Modeine(?) Racing Products and they also made a plastic 58mm T-body. Again the thing was a paperweight as the thing would stick and the blades did not match the bore.
They went out of business as soon as they started shipping, most likely due to the problems stated above. They were located somewhere in MI.
Art
It made no difference in performance. It did fall apart while driving and scared the life out of me as the car went to WOT condition when the lid blew off. If you look close you can see the drywall screws I used to put the lid back on so I could get home.
MRP stood for Modeine(?) Racing Products and they also made a plastic 58mm T-body. Again the thing was a paperweight as the thing would stick and the blades did not match the bore.
They went out of business as soon as they started shipping, most likely due to the problems stated above. They were located somewhere in MI.
Art
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Originally Posted by Blown Vette
Small world. I owned that plenum in the auction about 15 years ago. It has been on different tables in Carsile for years .
It made no difference in performance. It did fall apart while driving and scared the life out of me as the car went to WOT condition when the lid blew off. If you look close you can see the drywall screws I used to put the lid back on so I could get home.
MRP stood for Modeine(?) Racing Products and they also made a plastic 58mm T-body. Again the thing was a paperweight as the thing would stick and the blades did not match the bore.
They went out of business as soon as they started shipping, most likely due to the problems stated above. They were located somewhere in MI.
Art
It made no difference in performance. It did fall apart while driving and scared the life out of me as the car went to WOT condition when the lid blew off. If you look close you can see the drywall screws I used to put the lid back on so I could get home.
MRP stood for Modeine(?) Racing Products and they also made a plastic 58mm T-body. Again the thing was a paperweight as the thing would stick and the blades did not match the bore.
They went out of business as soon as they started shipping, most likely due to the problems stated above. They were located somewhere in MI.
Art
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From: Alive and well in Burlington NC
Originally Posted by Blown Vette
If you look close you can see the drywall screws I used to put the lid back on so I could get home.
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Originally Posted by Wheelman
Might be helpful to know who MRP is....a google search brings up nothing. Anybody heard of 'em
I believe they became Performance Resource, also out of NJ
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Originally Posted by scorp508
A nitrous backfire would be fun to watch. 
Kinda like a M-80 in a mailbox.
Kinda like a M-80 in a mailbox.
lined up, I ran a 13.0@109 w/ my 5.7L GTA to his exploded plastic intake up & into the hood
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From: Cleveland OH
Originally Posted by SurfnSun
That looks pretty cool. Ive never seen or heard of it before. I wonder if they make composite runners as well?
MORE did this on the custom LS1 sheet-metal intake that they are making for their NA 427 LS1 stroker race package.
Ron
