Well....My win 8.1 computer had become so bloated, and slow that I just couldn't take it anymore....so I backed up what I thought I needed, and did a refresh on the drive. It took hours to do, but it's finally back to operational......And back to it's original speed...I got a win 10 tablet for Christmas, that was an intended replacement for this heavy assed thing, (which was a replacement for the android tablet that she got me first, which also wouldn't work) but a tablet is a joke. It's all app based,.....You simply cannot load any conventional software....which means that the tuning, and data-logging software wouldn't work....and other than using this thing for internet browsing,....Composing, and posting my Stangnet manifesto's, and tuning the car,.....it just sits around.
But when I use the thing, I want it to work, and now it does.
So,....Starting the new year off on the right foot,.....And at the same time, celebrating day 1 of my 32nd year of marriage.
This day one is a lot different than the original day one though.....
The plans continue to evolve.....I'm thinking I'm pushing in all of the chips on the table,..........I'm going "all in" on a a game of 5 card Naturally Aspirated stud.
I'm gonna rebuild both sides,....intake, and exhaust.
I've always wanted a individual throttle body system,....ever since I saw my first stacked Hilborn injection system on some 60's hemi drag car...
Every old 60's era I-6 with Weber side drafts,...Every time a see a new engine with individual throttle bodies,.....I want one.
And now, I'm gonna consider doing it.
If you'll recall,...I was gonna try a Weber set up on the red car, but ran into money problems, and slammed the lid shut on that idea.
But,..that was then, this is now.
I talked about this some pages back,..and I keep circling back to it......And I'm here to tell you when I keep coming back to something......it's made it past the "That'd be cool" stage..
Next we move onto the "What's it gonna take to do it?" stage.....
First.....I need to find out center to center spacing on a set of BMW e46 M3 individual throttle bodies...
Like these:
If these things are close enough to my port spacing to allow for a short transition spacer placed between my head, and these things,....you're looking at my new intake manifold. The only thing I'm adding are 6 little velocity stack hats for each individual TB,....and were calling this a decision made.
They're all over Ebay for between $300-400.00. Cheap enough to try it if they're close enough to make the whole thing work.
They come with their own cast in injector boss, but that'll force a new fuel rail, and worse than that,..with the transition adapter in between, it'll put the injector at least 2" further back from the port opening in the head.
The transition adapter will serve as the injector mounting location in this project, and that'll allow me to use my existing fuel rail, all while keeping the injector as close, if not closer than it actually is now on the existing intake.
The BMW throttle body bases are oval,.....my ports are round...the TB bolt pattern is diagonal,...mine is vertical....whatever bore spacing differential there is can hopefully be fixed w/ this transition adapter I'm talking about making.
Lastly,.....They're aluminum,...and fairly uncluttered as OEM throttle bodies go.....these things can be polished.
On the exhaust side,....I'm just gonna make a new header out of the mild steel 16ga J bends that'll be here mid week.
Two banks of three-into-one that'll feed into the existing 3" single exhaust that is in place currently...
Now,...before anybody gets all fired up to tell me that I'll be wasting my time, and that i'll never be happy with the sub 300 hp that I'll be left with if I do this....that may be the case....The turbo stuff will be sitting on a shelf if it is.
But it wasn't that way in the N/A red car.....How much power does a carb'd HCI 2v 4.6 make ya think? That car was more than fast enough to make me happy.
It'll be about the sound for me,..(there is a fairly big solid roller cam in this engine that that turbo is neutering) ...It'll be about the visual when I lift that hood,....trading away a 66 mm wheezer for six shiny tb's is a fair trade on both fronts.
As for what I'll be left with for power, I got no idea,....but Dean
@xecute does...
I'll probably trade off 60+ pounds of front end weight right off the bat, No 10 lb I/C,...No 5 lb. 3" charge tube that runs the full width of the front end,...No .140" thick wall 30 pound exhaust manifold hanging on the side of the engine, w/that 20 lb. cast iron lunker wheezer mounted on top...replaced by a 10 pound thin wall smallish exhaust header instead.
If I like it enough,..the turbo goes on the block,...as does the intercooler, the waste gates, and probably the water meth...and the water re-circulation system, the proceeds of which will more than adequately fund this whole ordeal.
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