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Chat Area => Omega Gallery => Topic started by: Exec on 04 November 2008, 01:16:25
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So, the first modification i made recently is limited slip differential! :)
i changed this:
(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/8616/img0399km3.jpg)
to this:
(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9379/img0403kx0.jpg)
i've installed the original 45% lsd from the omega b non fl
(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6403/img0406um5.jpg)
and here are the effects ;D
(http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/158/img0426fi6.jpg)
(http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/5166/img0425rz2.jpg)
and some videos - sorry for the quality - just cellphones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBFDiiFWFcY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9HQNJFivuw
Another modifiaction is an air resonator (as mantzel's one), gives some HP and Nm
(http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/5653/img0363fn4.jpg)
(http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/921/img0385vu2.jpg)
(http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/7942/img0386qb3.jpg)
And last mod - making the nivo to work properly with lowering springs - after small modification of the sensor everything's fine now - the nivo doesn't pump the absorbers so much, as there were normal springs
(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/391/img0418tc7.jpg)
I hope you like it :)
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thats a nice looking car you've got there mate and some very interesting modifications. what have you done to the plenums to get them that shiny 8-) 8-) and whats that induction kit all about,
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Brilliant stuff, very interested in learning more about that resonator box :y
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awesome a man after my own heart ....i removed the butterfly in the item you have replaced to test if all is well with both body`s getting air all the time .....it worked well so ill be fabricating a new intake system soon....:)
nice car you have there mate ..... :y
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How much improvement does that give you and why is it there in the first place then? :)
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How much improvement does that give you and why is it there in the first place then? :)
with my setup it works really well tbh, the second bod normally only gets air when the butterfly in the lower assembly opens, more air is a great start to any engine mods .... :y
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Brilliant stuff, very interested in learning more about that resonator box :y
some more info in here
http://www.mantzel.de/neu/Power-Resonator
sorry dont know why dont work meybe some problem with web site :-[ if anyone intrest for more info always can use google really worth to instal on car I think put on my car but first need to buy car with manual box
:D
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thats a nice looking car you've got there mate and some very interesting modifications. what have you done to the plenums to get them that shiny 8-) 8-)
thanks mate :)
here you'll find some more about my plenum:
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1221442045/0#0
Brilliant stuff, very interested in learning more about that resonator box :y
you get rid of all those pipes there, and this empty box - resonator gives higher efficiency of the air intake, although it becomes a bit more noisy
i really feel the diffirence after installing the resonator box, so i can say it was worth to do this mod :)
when you press the accelerator pedal, you instantly feel the car accelerating... another thing i've noticed is not loosing the power on high rotates of 5000-6000. So the engine gets enough air now, and it has more power on high rotates
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How much improvement does that give you and why is it there in the first place then? :)
with my setup it works really well tbh, the second bod normally only gets air when the butterfly in the lower assembly opens, more air is a great start to any engine mods .... :y
I have a fair amount of experiance tuning turbo datsuns, but turbos are easy!
Just wondered why vx go to all that trouble of fitting something apparantly useless?!
Also aware that anything less than the 3.0 AFM gets confused about the extra airflow and actually loses power :)
Just aware that A: the management seems very sensative and B: I cant afford to fix it once its broke!
Cheers Chaps :y
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How much improvement does that give you and why is it there in the first place then? :)
with my setup it works really well tbh, the second bod normally only gets air when the butterfly in the lower assembly opens, more air is a great start to any engine mods .... :y
What are you talking about....... :-?
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How much improvement does that give you and why is it there in the first place then? :)
with my setup it works really well tbh, the second bod normally only gets air when the butterfly in the lower assembly opens, more air is a great start to any engine mods .... :y
What are you talking about....... :-?
if you look on photo up top is power box mantzel german company desine for omega v6 to get more power
20 nm and up to 15bhp
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I am refering to this throttle comment about only one getting fed until another valve opens.....whcih si very wrong.
The dimensions of the mantzel unit would be interesting and any details of the internals.
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I am refering to this throttle comment about only one getting fed until another valve opens.....whcih si very wrong.
The dimensions of the mantzel unit would be interesting and any details of the internals.
i don't know the exact dimensions, but there are no internals at all :)
i mean it's absolutely empty inside
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I am refering to this throttle comment about only one getting fed until another valve opens.....whcih si very wrong.
The dimensions of the mantzel unit would be interesting and any details of the internals.
sorry bud dont understand what you mean there ??
the butterfly located in the air intake alloy assembly directly before the throttle body air feed pipes. you say im wrong this doesnt open permiting more air to the right hand body ? :-/
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new as I am to this car but not to cars/engines in general, I was under the impresion that each TB fed each bank?
Also wonder why a resonator box would help, it would upset the airflow more than anything, esp since you are limted to the airflow in in the first place by the single AFM? So striaght pipes would surely be the answer?
But obviously I then question why vx but the extra gubbins in there in the first place if by removing them makes everything better, unless its emissions only :)
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I am refering to this throttle comment about only one getting fed until another valve opens.....whcih si very wrong.
The dimensions of the mantzel unit would be interesting and any details of the internals.
sorry bud dont understand what you mean there ??
the butterfly located in the air intake alloy assembly directly before the throttle body air feed pipes. you say im wrong this doesnt open permiting more air to the right hand body ? :-/
i don't understand you guys too
if you're talking about this:
(http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/2944/img0442zi2.jpg)
it opens at about 3200rpm to equalize the pressure in both pipes
another one is in the plenum, it opens at about 4500rpm as far as i remember
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thats the 1 ..i played about and took the butterfly out to see how no restrictions helped with my cam set up ...
deffo helped a bit at low down revs .. :y
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Also wonder why a resonator box would help, it would upset the airflow more than anything, esp since you are limted to the airflow in in the first place by the single AFM? So striaght pipes would surely be the answer?
with the resonator, the air has about 1meter shorter way from the filter to the engine!
so imagine - you press the accelerator pedal, engine starts to take a lot of air, and for the moment you've got some underpressure in this 1m pipe...
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thats the 1 ..i played about and took the butterfly out to see how no restrictions helped with my cam set up ...
deffo helped a bit at low down revs .. :y
well, if you take it out, engine will get more air, but it won't know about it - i mean, the flowmeter should notice that the engine gets more air, and it fact the flowmeter noticed, that the engine got less air, because more air was taken from the butterfly hole...
geez, i hope you understand me, i don't know the technical words, part names etc in english :)
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thats the 1 ..i played about and took the butterfly out to see how no restrictions helped with my cam set up ...
deffo helped a bit at low down revs .. :y
Well it shouldn't.
Inlet and air speed theory means that low down torque will help is you ahev two long thinner inlets.......and hecne how multiram works!
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thats the 1 ..i played about and took the butterfly out to see how no restrictions helped with my cam set up ...
deffo helped a bit at low down revs .. :y
well, if you take it out, engine will get more air, but it won't know about it - i mean, the flowmeter should notice that the engine gets more air, and it fact the flowmeter noticed, that the engine got less air, because more air was taken from the butterfly hole...
geez, i hope you understand me, i don't know the technical words, part names etc in english :)
No.....I dont understand you at all.
ALL air must pass through the MAF.....therefore the MAF will measure all the air unless you have an air leak :y
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All fascinating, but you should get yourself some proper shock absorbers, disconnect the self levelling system all together and remove the fuse / relay that sets teh system off.
Putting lower springs on it and leaving the self-levelling shocks will make it handle a bit wierd.
I had self levelling and now I run a full MV6 suspension set up. Trust me I tried what you have done and it is cr$p. Do it properly.
Plenum looks very nice too, but it is rough with a large surface area for a reason as far as I know. (heat dissipation)
Not sure what you're trying to do with that metal box at the front yet, but have you had the engine remapped?
Love the LSD :y
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thats the 1 ..i played about and took the butterfly out to see how no restrictions helped with my cam set up ...
deffo helped a bit at low down revs .. :y
well, if you take it out, engine will get more air, but it won't know about it - i mean, the flowmeter should notice that the engine gets more air, and it fact the flowmeter noticed, that the engine got less air, because more air was taken from the butterfly hole...
geez, i hope you understand me, i don't know the technical words, part names etc in english :)
No.....I dont understand you at all.
ALL air must pass through the MAF.....therefore the MAF will measure all the air unless you have an air leak :y
yes, it's all true, and this is what i wanted to say :)
if you want to give the engine more air, the MAF has to measure it
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All fascinating, but you should get yourself some proper shock absorbers, disconnect the self levelling system all together and remove the fuse / relay that sets teh system off.
Putting lower springs on it and leaving the self-levelling shocks will make it handle a bit wierd.
I had self levelling and now I run a full MV6 suspension set up. Trust me I tried what you have done and it is cr$p. Do it properly.
Plenum looks very nice too, but it is rouch with a large surface area for a reason as far as I know.
Not sure what you're trying to do with that metal box at the front yet, but have you had the engine remapped?
Love the LSD :y
well, the self levelling system seems to work fine, i can even say, it keeps perfect height now, the car also drives well
maybe you had old absorbers that didn't work properly...
mine keep the car stable
the box:
same as mine
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1177068349/0
and here is original mantzel resonator box
http://cgi.ebay.de/Mantzel-Powerresonator-Opel-Omega-B-MV-V6-Tuning_W0QQitemZ330260601914QQihZ014QQcategoryZ40186QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
the engine is not remapped... yet :)
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with the resonator, the air has about 1meter shorter way from the filter to the engine!
so imagine - you press the accelerator pedal, engine starts to take a lot of air, and for the moment you've got some underpressure in this 1m pipe...
Shorter isn't necessarily better though. Most engine developers struggle to get enough length into the induction system due to lack of underbonnet space. It's crucial for decent torque at low revs that the engine has a decent length of intake tract. Shortening it might pick up a few BHP at the rev limiter but you'll lose a few tens of lb.ft down at low revs, and in a heavy car like an Omega you need that more.
The multiram system gives you the best of both worlds. An intake tract that adjusts with engine RPM. I suspect that, if it feels faster now, it's because you have poor torque at low RPM which picks up as the revs rise. A peaky engine always feels faster than one with a flat torque delivery but the same peak power.
Kevin
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with the resonator, the air has about 1meter shorter way from the filter to the engine!
so imagine - you press the accelerator pedal, engine starts to take a lot of air, and for the moment you've got some underpressure in this 1m pipe...
Shorter isn't necessarily better though. Most engine developers struggle to get enough length into the induction system due to lack of underbonnet space. It's crucial for decent torque at low revs that the engine has a decent length of intake tract. Shortening it might pick up a few BHP at the rev limiter but you'll lose a few tens of lb.ft down at low revs, and in a heavy car like an Omega you need that more.
The multiram system gives you the best of both worlds. An intake tract that adjusts with engine RPM. I suspect that, if it feels faster now, it's because you have poor torque at low RPM which picks up as the revs rise. A peaky engine always feels faster than one with a flat torque delivery but the same peak power.
Kevin
believe me, this multi ram suck, you would say the same, if you have installed the box!
there's no moment (low or high rpm, doesn't matter) that you have less hp or Nm, you feel the kick on low rpm, and high either
you step on the pedal and the engine gets the power immediately
of course, it's not like you had 50hp more, but there really is a diffirence after installing the box...
the only disadvantage of using this box is a bit more noisy air intake (original air filter) but with my cone air filter i found it slightly less noisy!
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All fascinating, but you should get yourself some proper shock absorbers, disconnect the self levelling system all together and remove the fuse / relay that sets teh system off.
Putting lower springs on it and leaving the self-levelling shocks will make it handle a bit wierd.
I had self levelling and now I run a full MV6 suspension set up. Trust me I tried what you have done and it is cr$p. Do it properly.
Plenum looks very nice too, but it is rouch with a large surface area for a reason as far as I know.
Not sure what you're trying to do with that metal box at the front yet, but have you had the engine remapped?
Love the LSD :y
well, the self levelling system seems to work fine, i can even say, it keeps perfect height now, the car also drives well
maybe you had old absorbers that didn't work properly...
mine keep the car stable
the box:
same as mine
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1177068349/0
and here is original mantzel resonator box
http://cgi.ebay.de/Mantzel-Powerresonator-Opel-Omega-B-MV-V6-Tuning_W0QQitemZ330260601914QQihZ014QQcategoryZ40186QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
the engine is not remapped... yet :)
No substitute for shocks that are designed for the length and stiffness of springs you have on there now though. You may have a stable car at the right height in your opinion, but you won't know what you're missing until you put the right shocks on.
My self-levelling shocks were fine and are now fitted to another car.
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believe me, this multi ram suck, you would say the same, if you have installed the box!
there's no moment (low or high rpm, doesn't matter) that you have less hp or Nm, you feel the kick on low rpm, and high either
you step on the pedal and the engine gets the power immediately
of course, it's not like you had 50hp more, but there really is a diffirence after installing the box...
the only disadvantage of using this box is a bit more noisy air intake (original air filter) but with my cone air filter i found it slightly less noisy!
That's the other tough challenge with intake design. The intake can be louder than the exhaust if you're not careful, and if you're prepared to live with a little more noise I'm sure there are gains to be had. Remember to keep the intake air cool though. :y
Kevin
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Ok I am reading this huge post and I dont know where to even start...
Has any of you ever had some course or info on Fluids and Flows!... perhaps you guys should look into that and then talk about the difference between the OEM set up and the Other design...
Car companies would love to save money in any way they can and if they get rid of that chunky valve body before the throtle plates and all those clamps hoses and connections beleive me they will...
The idea is however to create a specific flow at all speeds in order to create a torque curve that is nice and flat so the car is a blast to drive at any speed...
The combination of the valves allows for steady non turbulent flow to be created at various RPMs, and the Mantzel box has a sweet 90° bend that is absolutely NO-NO for air flow... Air doesnt like to turn at 90°...
The MAF sensor creates a lot of turublance and thast bad for flow... so they had to try to elongate the path to smooth that flow out before it hit the throtle body...
BTW Turbulance is terrible for flow.. it actually restricts flow...
The one thing I can see happening is this... when you step on it.. the matzel box has a give air volume in the chamber right in front of the TBs and with that it allows the engine to tap into that give volume of air right off the get go.. and so you notice the nice kick in the seat... but when the RPMs start to increase I be the torque curve is no longer nice and flat, it probably looks more like the HP curve...
That box I think hurts air flow in many ways... To get more air in the engine you need to increase the diameter of the MAF... and all the pipes and even the Throtle bodies...
If you are not using foced induction you can not get more air into that engine though the small opening of the throtle bodies...
I bet if you looked at a dyno chart before and after... you will see what will happen...
if you like the drivability of the car that way, thats fine...
I will post my dyno charts soon...and you guys can see how much of an improvement the Two mufflers had on the power of the engine...
A better design would be someting where the pipe comes out of the MAF and then splits into two and curves smoothly into the throtle bodies... that i think will have a nice effect on air flow...
More on that later... I got to do some more reasearch on the Mantzel to see why the offer such increase in HP/TQ ::)
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Ok I am reading this huge post and I dont know where to even start...
Has any of you ever had some course or info on Fluids and Flows!... perhaps you guys should look into that and then talk about the difference between the OEM set up and the Other design...
Car companies would love to save money in any way they can and if they get rid of that chunky valve body before the throtle plates and all those clamps hoses and connections beleive me they will... The idea is however to create a specific flow at all speeds in order to create a torque curve that is nice and flat so the car is a blast to drive at any speed...
The combination of the valves allows for steady non turbulent flow to be created at various RPMs, and the Mantzel box has a sweet 90° bend that is absolutely NO-NO for air flow... Air doesnt like to turn at 90°... The MAF sensor creates a lot of turublance and thast bad for flow... so they had to try to elongate the path to smooth that flow out before it hit the throtle body...
BTW Turbulance is terrible for flow.. it actually restricts flow... The one thing I can see happening is this... when you step on it.. the matzel box has a give air volume in the chamber right in front of the TBs and with that it allows the engine to tap into that give volume of air right off the get go.. and so you notice the nice kick in the seat... but when the RPMs start to increase I be the torque curve is no longer nice and flat, it probably looks more like the HP curve...
That box I think hurts air flow in many ways... To get more air in the engine you need to increase the diameter of the MAF... and all the pipes and even the Throtle bodies...
If you are not using foced induction you can not get more air into that engine though the small opening of the throtle bodies...I bet if you looked at a dyno chart before and after... you will see what will happen...
if you like the drivability of the car that way, thats fine...
I will post my dyno charts soon...and you guys can see how much of an improvement the Two mufflers had on the power of the engine...
A better design would be someting where the pipe comes out of the MAF and then splits into two and curves smoothly into the throtle bodies... that i think will have a nice effect on air flow...
More on that later... I got to do some more reasearch on the Mantzel to see why the offer such increase in HP/TQ ::)
yep..
turbulent flow will drop the torque values..and that 90 degrees turn is wrong from the fluid flow theory..
initially ready air gives a kick but later will fail..and the position of cone filter is wrong..Will take too much hot air.. :-/
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Back to main subject :
Your miggy is really nice and I like the differential ::) :y
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Has any of you ever had some course or info on Fluids and Flows!...
yes...
Ok I am reading this huge post and I dont know where to even start...
The combination of the valves allows for steady non turbulent flow to be created at various RPMs, and the Mantzel box has a sweet 90° bend that is absolutely NO-NO for air flow... Air doesnt like to turn at 90°...
BTW Turbulance is terrible for flow.. it actually restricts flow...
oh yeah! there are no 90° turns for the air in the original intake! lol
(http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/3351/dolothp3.jpg)
so maybe the air likes to turn 180°?? ;D
I bet if you looked at a dyno chart before and after... you will see what will happen...
well you're wrong, there will be no moment, that you have lower HP or TQ value :)
More on that later... I got to do some more reasearch on the Mantzel to see why the offer such increase in HP/TQ ::)
yes, this is, what you should do :)
yep..
turbulent flow will drop the torque values..and that 90 degrees turn is wrong from the fluid flow theory..
look at the picture above...
and the position of cone filter is wrong..Will take too much hot air.. :-/
that's true, it is wrong, it will be modified too
Your miggy is really nice and I like the differential ::) :y
thanks mate :)
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here you can find some more vidoes presenting the miggy riding with lsd
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3123416/7
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some drifting fun in winter... :)
[media]http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=wf1uW63nrhU[/media]
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Um... sorry this doesnt impress me, just kids play... (on public roads!)
If I wanted to I could get my standard v6 to do all that in SNOW, in fact my old 2.0 dohc sierra could do that. Try dry tarmac, im sure you will find it a whole different story, and Ive seen some of your youtube vids.. Just counting down the days til that lsd goes bang!!
waste of what was a perfectly nice car.
im done here.... :-X
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Um... sorry this doesnt impress me, just kids play... (on public roads!)
If I wanted to I could get my standard v6 to do all that in SNOW, in fact my old 2.0 dohc sierra could do that. Try dry tarmac, im sure you will find it a whole different story, and Ive seen some of your youtube vids.. Just counting down the days til that lsd goes bang!!
waste of what was a perfectly nice car.
im done here.... :-X
1. that's not a public road :)
2. i run the dry tarmac too, but on the wet one, the car and tires doesnt hurt so much...
3. i love to drift, its not just a kid play for me, this is my practice... i bought the lsd to use it, not to just have it...
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1. that's not a public road Smiley
lets see, observation round 1
theres at least one house with a fence, a pedestrian walking down from the top left of the pic, street signs , street lights oh and a white audi 80 traveling up the road. looks pretty public to me. anyways im not the cops so what do I care.
I dont disaprove of your car, just the way you are driving it.
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All i can say is [size=14]WHY[/size], [size=18]WHY[/size] :-X.
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does the air respirator make that much difference?
How much did it cost you?
Did you buy it or have it made?
Quite interested in it.
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does the air respirator make that much difference?
How much did it cost you?
Did you buy it or have it made?
Quite interested in it.
i can really feel the difference after installing the air resonator... more about it was wrote earlier in this topic
the resonator is made by my friend - the cost - almost 100 pounds
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is it possible for youto send me the dimensions for the resonator?
Really interested in getting one made for mine.
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is it possible for youto send me the dimensions for the resonator?
Really interested in getting one made for mine.
the dimmensions are somewhere here on this forum in other topic, i dont know where exactly... search for topics about 'mantzel' or 'air resonator'
edit:
got it...
http://img56.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mitatvp5.jpg
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not bad at all, good too see an LSD being used as it should.....dont listen to the old farts :P
cab full o' elbows!!! [smiley=grin.gif]
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Just the same in norway. The drifting in snow is very god practice for me to. I got the same diffrential to on my omega. And it a lots of fun, You got a pretty car mate, look a lot like mine :y but i godt b1.¨
Did you feel any moore power with that mantzel look a like box?
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Did you feel any moore power with that mantzel look a like box?
well, the most important thing is you feel the power instantly after pressing the accelerator pedal... i can say - you dont have to wait for the power to come :)
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thanks for the link.
I agree, there can be some old farts on here ;D ;D
but just enjoy your car.
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dont augh...but wat is a plenum... :-?
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dont augh...but wat is a plenum... :-?
this shiny part of air intake is called plenum...
(http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/1600/img1669ru4.jpg)
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aw right mate...cheers for that,and well done with the l.s.d abuse,a car is for enjoying!!! :y
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Did you feel any moore power with that mantzel look a like box?
well, the most important thing is you feel the power instantly after pressing the accelerator pedal... i can say - you dont have to wait for the power to come :)
I know what you mean. aahh i going to throw a c20let turbo motor inn my omega, hoping to reatch numers about 350-450hp . ;D
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got my new air resonator all priced up, looks like i will get mine ordered, and made, hopefully be back in a week or so.
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Did you feel any moore power with that mantzel look a like box?
well, the most important thing is you feel the power instantly after pressing the accelerator pedal... i can say - you dont have to wait for the power to come :)
I know what you mean. aahh i going to throw a c20let turbo motor inn my omega, hoping to reatch numers about 350-450hp . ;D
i think c30se + biturbo set would be better idea for such heavy car as omega is...
here you can find one of polish projects:
http://www.motonews.pl/forum/?op=fvt&t=198229&c=33&f=9&orderby=asc&start=60
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLAfJiRgBk0[/media]
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some fun/practice...
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ4Y0yd5Trc[/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wvy0XEBSLk[/media]
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god bless lsd's,thats how 95% of irish omegas look mppst of the time!! :y
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god bless lsd's,thats how 95% of irish omegas look mppst of the time!! :y
amen brother!!
have to give it to ya....you can make her dance nicely! im slowly getting there lol
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coming soon some more videos, firstly i've got to figure out how to easily hide the plates on this movies... :D
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coming soon some more videos, firstly i've got to figure out how to easily hide the plates on this movies... :D[/quote
i wouldnt worry about it,dont think the olish police will see it on here,and we certainly wont tell!! :y
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i mean plish police!! :-[ :-[
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i wouldnt worry about it,dont think the olish police will see it on here,and we certainly wont tell!! :y
but the youtube is quite worldwide accesible, for the polish police too :)
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true...think of something,keep those videos comin, :y
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should have just stuck something over the numberplates before you started driftin :P
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should have just stuck something over the numberplates before you started driftin :P
this would be too suspicious on the road :)
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i was toying with the idea of fitting the resonator box on my mig but having read the comments about it im not so sure now,i dont doubt the comments made by the owners who have fitted them but comments seem a bit confused.im now thinking along the lines of a large shield around my cone filter and a large cold feed direct to the cone instead.i do like the idea of junking all that pipework and having a shorter straight route of air to engine just dont want to go to the trouble of making and fitting a box to find out it dont change much.
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i was toying with the idea of fitting the resonator box on my mig but having read the comments about it im not so sure now,i dont doubt the comments made by the owners who have fitted them but comments seem a bit confused.im now thinking along the lines of a large shield around my cone filter and a large cold feed direct to the cone instead.i do like the idea of junking all that pipework and having a shorter straight route of air to engine just dont want to go to the trouble of making and fitting a box to find out it dont change much.
tbh, i would scrap the cone, get a panel pipercross/k & n filter, and have a direct air feed.
I had a cone and heat shield on mine for a couple of weeks, it makes the car feel like it is being suffocated.
I have the air resonator, i can answer any questions, it does make a difference, but if your unsure, i'd just keep it standard.
:y :y
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i had a busy day today, the result - isolated intake
i really feel the diffirence, especially on low gears
(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2296/dsc00264a.jpg)
(http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/3307/dsc00265a.jpg)
(http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2507/dsc00266ac.jpg)
(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7748/dsc00267ab.jpg)
(http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/4181/dsc00268ae.jpg)
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Well thats why in the winter your car typically makes more power...
You get colder air, which means its denser and the computer compensates with slightly more fuel and the result is more power...
You can easily gain 4-5 hp form that especially on a nice hot day....
Looks awesome bud!
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Ok, it's time to make some updates to this topic :)
1. I've painted the roof and mirrors to black with blue & purple pearl, imho looks awesome :)
(http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7798/img0507r.jpg)
(http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7311/img0350.jpg)
(http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/1776/img0347ba.jpg)
(http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/93/img0357.jpg)
(http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1066/img0562.jpg)
Another mod is double twin Irmshcer rear pipes
(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/2968/img0365w.jpg)
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/5384/img0510pe.jpg)
I have replaced the dual mass flywheel to single mass flywheel (from Vectra V6) and lightened it to 9kg (stock about 15kg), also i needed to use vectra's clutch disc (with springs).
(http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/5511/img0016ax.jpg)
(http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/2677/img0009ax.jpg)
(http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/5387/img0352ae.jpg)
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Bored? Time for some modding! :)
(http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/7920/img0824my.jpg)
Newer type oil cooler
(http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/4130/img0770je.jpg)
3.2V6 version exhaust collector = getting rid of EGR and catalysator heating system, all those pipes, pump, valve are removed. At last! :)
(http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/2940/img0035mh.jpg)
Occasionally some new stuff :)
(http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/8963/img0031.jpg)
And some cleaning...
(http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/1572/img0038o.jpg)
(http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/1533/img0016kh.jpg)
(http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/5139/img0092ha.jpg)
(http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5615/img0010pa.jpg)
(http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/3071/img0115g.jpg)
Little 3.0 pipes mod for fitting 3.2 exhaust collector
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/2180/img0141rs.jpg)
(http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/8906/img0184ih.jpg)
Vectra V6 alu covers, painted orange, soooo orange :)
(http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/1856/img0071tx.jpg)
Engine almost ready
(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2903/img0053xg.jpg)
(http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/5875/img0076ud.jpg)
Done :)
(http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/108/img0762t.jpg)
(http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/8070/p1070713r.jpg)
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Engines looking good. Im looking at doing the same with my flywheel. just to make sure, if i use a standard vectra flywheel with a vectra friction plate it all works ok? Also did you use the omega pressure plate or the vectra one? ;)
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very very nice mate... lots of time and effort went into that.. u got a motor to be proud of..!!!
Shame u don't live in the UK.. u could of worked on mine.. lol
U could PM me a list of mods that u have done, am struggling to find mods for mine...
cheers
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good bit of alloy polishing very smart looking
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Engines looking good. Im looking at doing the same with my flywheel. just to make sure, if i use a standard vectra flywheel with a vectra friction plate it all works ok? Also did you use the omega pressure plate or the vectra one? ;)
That's right, i used vectra flywheel and plate, covered with miggy's pressure plate...
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very very nice mate... lots of time and effort went into that.. u got a motor to be proud of..!!!
Shame u don't live in the UK.. u could of worked on mine.. lol
U could PM me a list of mods that u have done, am struggling to find mods for mine...
cheers
well, i don't even remember all those mods :) check the link in my signature... :)
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good bit of alloy polishing very smart looking
thx, a lot of hard work and many many hours of polishing... :)
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Wonderful work and great to see your driving skills and prowness from you at the slide/burn meet from your linked page. You got one brave friend that you were dancing/burning around within feet of.
Salutes :D
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Very very nice project! I like people who are brave enough to try new stuff.
I see you're using a DBW plenum, but you have modified it to take an IACV and EGR system. How did you fit the IACV? I have a spare DBW plenum that I'd like to fit on my car :)
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Very very nice project! I like people who are brave enough to try new stuff.
I see you're using a DBW plenum...
DBW? As in Drive By Wire? Have i missed something?
I can definately see a throttle cable in there?
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OK. Read the posts, seen the pics, nice Migs & interesting work going on, watched the youtube vid, yeah, good car control. But what is all the LSD fuss about? I can & have done exactly the same in my MV6, my old 2.5, Sierras, cortinas, Crapis(just for you MDTM), Mk1 & 2 Escorts, Marinas, Datsun 120y's, Moggie Minors you name it.
NEWSFLASH You hav'nt just invented drifting & you don't have to spend a fortune to do it! ::)
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Very very nice project! I like people who are brave enough to try new stuff.
I see you're using a DBW plenum...
DBW? As in Drive By Wire? Have i missed something?
I can definately see a throttle cable in there?
Yes, Drive By Wire.
It looks like a modified DBW plenum. Motor-box for butterflies opened and a remedy to fit cable. Or did they produce a long plenum with cable too? Anyway, I was surprised to see an IACV on the long type of plenum.
Oh, on second sight I see it also have EGR fitted? Hmm.. For some reason I can't find that plenum on EPC, neither have I seen one like it - that's why I wondered if it's modified.
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Hmm.. For some reason I can't find that plenum on EPC, neither have I seen one like it - that's why I wondered if it's modified.
This is stock long plenum fitted on facelift 3.0 coming with IACV, EGR etc. (motronic 2.8.1)
The EGR is no longer used, because the exhast if fitted from 3.2 - no EGR, no cat heating system. The EGR is just connected to the installation to avoid check light flashing.
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OK. Read the posts, seen the pics, nice Migs & interesting work going on, watched the youtube vid, yeah, good car control. But what is all the LSD fuss about? I can & have done exactly the same in my MV6, my old 2.5, Sierras, cortinas, Crapis(just for you MDTM), Mk1 & 2 Escorts, Marinas, Datsun 120y's, Moggie Minors you name it.
You say you don't need LSD ? Sorry, I don't buy it :D
check the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CoTWzs54Ko&playnext_from=TL&videos=DBbUGW_3ppw
BMWs with LSD and from 1:55 my miggy few years ago without LSD having problems with some full donuts over the cone...
Can't you see the diffirence?
Now take a look here at 1:35
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITqvMGOrYp0
That's how the LSD make the diffirence...
NEWSFLASH You hav'nt just invented drifting & you don't have to spend a fortune to do it! ::)
You take it to serious :)
It's not a drift car, i don't spend fortune on it :)
I just do some tuning and modding for fun, learning, experience or experiment...
Besides all of these it still remains my civil car to drive me to work or on holidays :)
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mine is a 1999 pre-facelift and it originally came with the long plenum as standard?
Although its now running a modified short plenum i bought from a 2.5 V6
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Am I missing something??
Mine is a 3.0 on a 99 plate, long plenum. Is there any advantage/disadvantage to having a short plenum fitted, is one better than the other?
(have both, will fit the better one)
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Am I missing something??
Mine is a 3.0 on a 99 plate, long plenum. Is there any advantage/disadvantage to having a short plenum fitted, is one better than the other?
(have both, will fit the better one)
hm, afaik the long plenum is better...
but the mantzel resonator box was created for the short plenum, so it is possible it will give better performance with the short plenum, than fitted on the long one.
Another thing is the resonator box is easier to fit on the short plenum...
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That was the answer I wanted! thanks Buddy. :y :y
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weld the diff, keep it standard, they drift mint ;) :D
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Ive got a modified short plenum and something better than the mantzel power resonator, will be fitting this weekend, so watch this space for photos...
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Ive got a modified short plenum and something better than the mantzel power resonator, will be fitting this weekend, so watch this space for photos...
well, i can't wait to see it :)