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Re: Almost crashed!



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>Right, but the variable manifold will give you power throughout the whole
>rpm range. If you built an intake manifold to produce the power at top
>end then the low end WILL suffer. If you can compensate for the low end
>loss and actually gain performance with the use of this overpriced
>manifold, then its definitely worth it. even in the drag racing world.
>Id love to see some comparisons (dyno charts) between the stock and
>Shrick manifolds. :)

  You can gain at all RPMs with the schrick supposedly. But if you design a
manifold to give the biggest gain in the upper RPMs, it'll work better than
a Shrick, because it doesn't have all the extra plumbing on it, and the
flow should be smoother in a manifold that doesn't have the crossover
pipes, etc. that the variable geometry manifolds have. Also, many of these
variable geometry manifolds are tuned around 2 RPM points. If you're drag
racing, even the upper RPM point may still be on the low end of the RPM
range you want to use, while a custom built one can be tuned to give peak
power right in the center of the range you want to use. Plus its one less
electronic gadget to
have to worry about breaking:) And it'll save you a pound or two of weight,
more if you make it out of CF, or put CF look stickers on it:). You just
have to keep it up in the max power range, even on the launch. But I'd
still want the Shrick for anything but all out drag racing.
  I remember seeing info on either the Shrick and VW Motorsport intakes a
few years ago on the newsgroup. I'm sure theres some info on it on the web
somewhere.

Brad


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