Re: MPI Manifold

From: Bill Arthur (sst_ram@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Oct 27 1999 - 22:47:02 EDT


Sounds cool I cant wait to get one, I will wait until you make the kit.
That is a great idea.

bill

>From: Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: Re: DML: MPI Manifold
>Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 22:06:27 -0400 (EDT)
>
>
>
>On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Bill Arthur wrote:
>
> > Lord, is it worth all of that?
>
>
> Heh heh heh! He didn't even mention the grinding and cutting you
>have to do to your A/C compressor and acessory bracket, new upper
>radiator hose, re-locating the engine coolant sensor (he didn't have
>to do any of that since he doesn't have A/C), or the new thermostat
>and thermostat housing, new PCV vaccum hose, lets see, what am I
>forgetting? :-)
>
> That's why I am planning on putting together a kit to truely
>make this thing a bolt-on, as if you take the DIY route, there's
>a lot of running around to do before you can get 'er up and running.
>
> As far as wether its worth it or not, IMHO, absolutely. =)
>The manifold did take away some low end, (ok by me as I didn't mind
>a little less low-end to help in the traction department) but once the
>RPMs get up to about 3K or so, it pulls like nobody's business. My
>ETs dropped from 14.8s and 14.9s to 14.5s. My best time so far is a
>14.55@94.14, but I have run 14.55 on a run where I missed a shift, so
>its got more in it.
>
> Although I don't know for sure since I don't have any baseline
>dyno numbers, I suspect the intake was a major part of the reason
>my torque curve is so nice and flat. (Graph available at:
>stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu/dyno001.jpg">http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/~stei0302/WWW/DAKOTA/ATTACHMENTS/stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu/dyno001.jpg)
>
>
> -Jon-
>
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