Not a joke, just as the title says.... I can put my hand in through the top of the intake if I just peel away a bit more. I can see the valves in the heads!
This is a Turbomotion V1 intake. The first gen ones that Jay made for hotair app. Open plenum/gutted and ported.
I was leaving from a stop sign earlier this evening and gradually got on it like I often do, when from under the hood...POP!!! Just about the loudest backfire Ive ever heard. The engine cut off almost immediately. I heard a big "sucking air" sound for a second or two just like you hear when a intercooler hose blows off a IC car. I kept looking at my MAF pipe up to the TB but nothing. After about the third time I shined the weak flashlight across the engine I accidently spotted the mangled top of the intake. I was pretty much in shock I would say. I have never seen this before. The top basically tore off [pretty cleanly] almost all the way around where it was welded. Material is NOT very thick. It actually rolled up a bit like sheet metal.
Couple things running across my mind right now. #1 would be what the heck caused this? Could it really be that the top of the intake wasnt strong enough to take the stress? This brings me to the other thing that Im thinking about. I didnt get much response awhile back when I was just curious and asked who had one of these intakes and how fast have they gone with one. Only a few guys responded and one of them (if not more) didnt even have the car together yet.
I dont know how many were made and are actually in use. Also how many cars are really making decent power with one and have been doing so for a extended period of time, beating their car over the years like I have. Mine has been on the car since they first were sold which I think was late 90's? Point being that the intake for the most part as far as long term durability was never tested and is (or was) for the most part experimental. Recently my car has been making the most power it ever has, especially with the colder/denser air.......and boom. I was not having a big KR problem, O2s always stayed in the 800s, yada yada. Could it have been fuel (i.e. alky) igniting in the intake before reaching the cylinders???
After I get out of my state of shock I guess I will remove the intake and look for someone who can weld aluminum, NICELY. Im a little weary about reusing the material which again seems thin to me. I think while its off I should also get the intake flowed if Im going to use it. I dont remember ever seeing any actual flow #s for the intake.
Guys/gals, anyone ever hear of this hapening before? Give me some suggestions, insight, etc. I Did not see this coming and still dont really know exactly what to think......weird weird weird.
I will try to get some pics of it tommorow. Youve gotta see this.
Thanks
This is a Turbomotion V1 intake. The first gen ones that Jay made for hotair app. Open plenum/gutted and ported.
I was leaving from a stop sign earlier this evening and gradually got on it like I often do, when from under the hood...POP!!! Just about the loudest backfire Ive ever heard. The engine cut off almost immediately. I heard a big "sucking air" sound for a second or two just like you hear when a intercooler hose blows off a IC car. I kept looking at my MAF pipe up to the TB but nothing. After about the third time I shined the weak flashlight across the engine I accidently spotted the mangled top of the intake. I was pretty much in shock I would say. I have never seen this before. The top basically tore off [pretty cleanly] almost all the way around where it was welded. Material is NOT very thick. It actually rolled up a bit like sheet metal.
Couple things running across my mind right now. #1 would be what the heck caused this? Could it really be that the top of the intake wasnt strong enough to take the stress? This brings me to the other thing that Im thinking about. I didnt get much response awhile back when I was just curious and asked who had one of these intakes and how fast have they gone with one. Only a few guys responded and one of them (if not more) didnt even have the car together yet.
I dont know how many were made and are actually in use. Also how many cars are really making decent power with one and have been doing so for a extended period of time, beating their car over the years like I have. Mine has been on the car since they first were sold which I think was late 90's? Point being that the intake for the most part as far as long term durability was never tested and is (or was) for the most part experimental. Recently my car has been making the most power it ever has, especially with the colder/denser air.......and boom. I was not having a big KR problem, O2s always stayed in the 800s, yada yada. Could it have been fuel (i.e. alky) igniting in the intake before reaching the cylinders???
After I get out of my state of shock I guess I will remove the intake and look for someone who can weld aluminum, NICELY. Im a little weary about reusing the material which again seems thin to me. I think while its off I should also get the intake flowed if Im going to use it. I dont remember ever seeing any actual flow #s for the intake.
Guys/gals, anyone ever hear of this hapening before? Give me some suggestions, insight, etc. I Did not see this coming and still dont really know exactly what to think......weird weird weird.
I will try to get some pics of it tommorow. Youve gotta see this.
Thanks
These cars CAN go fast, just like 86/87s. You just have to approach it differently. When it comes down to it it the whole idea is to MOVE AIR. If you are capable of pumping just as much air in and out then the rest is tweaking to do it quickly and efficiently.
). I dont really trust my VDO gauge. It seems to be about 2psi off (high). This little turbo just doesnt get going with my setup until it gets to 23psi.
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