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Old 19th August 2014, 22:16   #1
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Dyno run on the rollers tomorrow looking forward to this.
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Old 19th August 2014, 22:36   #2
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Don't let them rev it to the limiter please
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Old 20th August 2014, 00:19   #3
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We have a few videos of them from our rolling road days also here

https://www.youtube.com/user/75ztireland/videos
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Old 20th August 2014, 14:30   #4
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Metal inlet manifold!
From where??
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Old 20th August 2014, 15:56   #5
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Metal inlet manifold!
From where??
Wild guess, Professional Products Typhoon intake

http://www.americanmuscle.com/typhoon-manifold-9904-polished.html
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Old 20th August 2014, 16:02   #6
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Metal inlet manifold!
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An ally inlet tube absorbs the heat and warms the air going in


I am going to wrap the one we have on the ZS (came with the car)
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Old 20th August 2014, 16:04   #7
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Dyno run on the rollers tomorrow looking forward to this.
Good luck

That engine looks really good
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Old 20th August 2014, 17:13   #8
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An ally inlet tube absorbs the heat and warms the air going in


I am going to wrap the one we have on the ZS (came with the car)
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Bet it gets more heat from passing through the valves in the head.
Air is moving fast enough..........

Can`t see a problem with it tbh
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Old 20th August 2014, 22:43   #9
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I think an alloy inlet will make exactly 0% difference to any power output.
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Old 20th August 2014, 23:04   #10
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Am loving the engine pic though. Are they specially made alloy rocker covers?
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