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Technical => Body/Appearance/Interior => Topic started by: Haystack on December 31, 2005, 09:33:53 PM

Title: fiberglass intake.
Post by: Haystack on December 31, 2005, 09:33:53 PM
Hey I was curious how a fiberglass intake would work? I am kinda sorta passivly thinking about a dual center throttle bodies, that could easily use ram air for the turbo coupe hood. Mostly just a I am bored at work daydream type thing. Would a fiberglass upper intake be feasable? just basically blant curiousity.
Title: fiberglass intake.
Post by: Thunder Chicken on January 01, 2006, 12:22:52 AM
You'd be better off going with a dual 4-bbl intake and adapting EFI and the throttle bodies onto it (presuming, of course, that your engine was making a gazillion horsepower and actually needed all that air).

A fiberglass intake would work (many OEM intakes are plastic) but you'd never be able to make one at home with the precision that would be required...
Title: fiberglass intake.
Post by: ButtSlappingPirate on January 01, 2006, 05:59:55 AM
Hey, he could start making "picasso" intakes...lol...
Title: fiberglass intake.
Post by: Haystack on January 02, 2006, 07:18:28 PM
yeah that is what I figured. Like I said, just curious.
Title: fiberglass intake.
Post by: Thunder Chicken on January 02, 2006, 07:46:03 PM
One thing you could do that wouldn't require so much precision is make a fiberglass intake tube that would match up to the TC "ram air" scoops. Or you could make one that pics up air under the rad...
Title: fiberglass intake.
Post by: Sick88Tbird on January 02, 2006, 08:19:37 PM
Have you ever looked through the T/C scoops on a car with a 5.0?  All you see is distributor cap and wires...that wouldn't be very feasible.