my custom intake for my essy head =)

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my custom intake for my essy head =)

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i havent been over here much but i just thought i post pics of what im working on :)

well i have a thread in 'race tech' at turboford which has a bit of what i wanted to do outlined in it:

http://www.turboford.org/ubb/ultimatebb ... 8;t=000006

so heres where i stand now:


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more pics: http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse. ... _id=275091

i cant wait to get it all done and together:)

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w00t w00t. That puts my crappy intake to shame. :oops:
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You can't even look at the pictures without hearing a "giant sucking sound" that'll put NAFTA to shame! As we used to say in the old days, Sano! 8)
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John Brennan wrote:You can't even look at the pictures without hearing a "giant sucking sound" that'll put NAFTA to shame!
Whatever you say, Mr. Perot! :lol:
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He even used to use "flow charts". Well, he used to run GM, so it's no wonder he'd use gearhead terms for his wacko politics! Guess that makes him a "spoiler"-- har har har! :lol:
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Post by GeneticRehab »

did you take that design from the cosworth intake. I was thinking something along the same lines. I was even thinking of using the cosworth outter portion were the TB gose for the top. Just my 2$
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:!: You did the custom work? Nice. Very Nice!
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yes i did the work and yes im *kinda* modeling it after the cosworth focus 2.3 intake :)

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