what is this intake system?!

[roccolister@hotmail.com (Craig Williams)]

Scott,

That's my perception of this too, but he swears that this is the best 
flowing manifold for the Oettinger. You know Ruben...I've never seen his car 
move, but he talks a lot about it!

-- Craig


>From: "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@comcast.net>
>To: Craig Williams <roccolister@hotmail.com>, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: RE: what is this intake system?!
>Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 10:34:55 -0400
>
>Sure, I remember Ruben and his ridiculous Mk1 Oettinger collection. In his
>case, however, the intake plenum was *above* the valve cover as it is on
>every other engine. This one is apparently flipped upside down. What is the
>purpose of this scheme? With that huge volume between the air box and the
>throttle body, it seems that the throttle response would be very soft and
>laggy. It takes time to move all that air...
>--
>Scott F. Williams
>NJ Scirocco nut
>'99 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS
>Mazda 323 GTX turbo "assaulted" vehicle
>Golf GTI 16v "rollycar"
>ClubVAC: "Roads found. Drivers wanted."
>
> > That is Ruben Guzman's car (back when it used to run.) He's Randy's
> > roommate. The intake, from what he told me, is a sport Oetinger one or
> > something like that. The vavle cover goes with the full Oetinger setup 
>he
> > has. I've seen 8V Oetinger VC's for sale before, but never a 16V one. 
>Oh,
> > and that's a throttle body at the end there. Is that what you're talking
> > about?
> >
> > -- Craig
>
>
>
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