jerastan

hey guys. Â i've been way busy w/ school/work/pregnant wife... Â my friend still wants to do this, but we need a firm direction to go in. Â i just read through lots of the thread and still no firm decision. Â any more ideas? Â i could just give him a stock setup and see what he can come up w/ ?

yeah, i'm thinking that'd be inexpensive

werd. my evo is a daily driven 11 second (pump gas) car.. let me tell you, it sucks! you think sh!t won't break, you're nuts. my car is just over a year old. new a/c compressor, new alternator, new trans, 3rd clutch, tires... dear lord. you get the picture. shelby nailed it. my car HATES the cold. in fact, it won't drive at all until fully warmed up. it also, HATES to be driven at anything less than 80mph. it's had almost 300 pulls on the dyno, countless hours of road tuning. you don't want these headaches. my life has become consumed by this car. and that my friends, is why it's on e-bay!

well, i can tell you all...... sexy is what this thing will be

i just spoke w/ the guy that wants to do it. i'll be taking him a normal intake next week so he can come up w/ a design. artinist, please pm me so we can discuss further....

ok guys. first off, thanks to those that are interested in other options for these cars, and are willing to help out. to those that think it's a wast of time, i totally understand. you have very good reasoning behind your posts. HOWEVER........ my intentions here are this.... (maybe i was unclear): - i would like to make a new intake manifold for 4+ injectors (yes, mpi) that requires much less bench time. you won't have to weld anything to the manifold or take anything off. it would be ready to go. i'm just looking for some good information from those folks who have already spent day after day making the magna work. let's put all of that knowledge to work and get a manifold/fuel setup that is not so labor intensive. John, the guy that offered this up, has some crazy skills guys. If we give him some good info to go w/, we will not be disapointed. I already know that I'll be shelling out the initial costs for the first one, and I'm fine w/ that. For those of you that are interested in a better tb design, i know he'd be down for that as well. hell, i'm sure that would be gravy for him. Now.... I have been out of the starquest "scene" for about a year now. I had a very strong quest and decided it was too much trouble for the time invested. Well, I finally realized that it's not exactly the car that I missed, but the people. I hang w/ the wrx and evo crowd and tried my hand w/ the S13 crowd. None of them are as helpful and laid back as the folks on this board. Where else would a member of the board offer up his weekend to use his truck to take me to Wisconsin (8 hrs away) to get my new Starion, and never bat an eye. It's folks like Richie Rich and all the other great people around here that make these cars so great. I mean come on, I've got a 600 AWHP car that couldn't keep me away from this place!! With all that being said, I really just want to make somthing that we can all be part of desinging. Will it be the be all, end all of the manifolds? Probably not, but i'm sure it will be better than what most of us are running now, and should be free of alot of the normal magna headaches. Peace, Jeremy

so you think it would be more cost effective, and you would yield greater hp gains w/ the magna? Â if so, great. Â i'm just looking at alternatives and have a great asset here in the local area. thanks for the pics! jeremy

i'm sure that would be possible. i would think a block off plate wouldn't be too hard.

well, being that i mentioned extra injectors...... wt.... are you talking about?!?! Â cheap my arse. Â since when would a carbon intake manifold be cheap? Â especially one that is totally custom, and incorporates room for more injectors. Â not trying to be confrontational, but why would it be a waste to try to do a newer, less complex multi injector setup?

that's exactly what i'm trying to do!!!!! Â i don't want to mimic the normal mpi stuff, i just want to make a better version of the stocker w/ more injectors.. i'm thinking that an apexi safc would be just fine for tuning the fuel?

i was talking w/ a friend of mine today. he builds F1 cars and specializes in carbon fiber. he is hands down, awesome. i have some of his work in my evo, and it's the nicest i've ever seen. my point...... he has offered to make a carbon intake manifold that would allow for more injectors. he would work w/ us on the design. i'm just looking for a place to start w/ it. anyone have a design that they think would work? i was talking w/ richie rich and he thinks the magna might be a good starting point. this is not some fly by night idea here. i really think that this might be a much easier way to go than the "traditional" mpi setup. jeremy

got mine yesterday. ;D now for the install. 8)

sweet 8)

i'm guessing that these have shipped?

well now i've got the coolant/oil lines for my turbo. these things are great. Oscar, you rock ;D!