My intake manifold in progress (pics). - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

JDM'ized · 03-09-2008, 08:32 PM

Here there are few pics on how my project is coming along.
Next week I will get some aluminium sheets and start to cut the pieces for the plenum.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20733247@N06/

EchoHoLiK · 03-11-2008, 10:25 PM

Sweet!!

This is for the Tacoma, I presume?

***Eye8Pussies*** · 03-11-2008, 11:02 PM

that's pretty hardcore...

I was going to ask the same thing...what car is it for? and what are the plans?

Venom_5 · 03-11-2008, 11:06 PM

you shoulda made it out of CF

you still can, for the plenum at least ... if you machine a male mold ... or at least fiberglass if you dont wanna deal with CF

JDM'ized · 03-12-2008, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by EchoHoLiK

Sweet!!

This is for the Tacoma, I presume?

It is. It's a 2004 Reg. Cab with a 2RZ in it (2.4 Liter)....

JDM'ized · 03-12-2008, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Eye8Pussies

that's pretty hardcore...

I was going to ask the same thing...what car is it for? and what are the plans?

The plans are:
As the truck is sitting right now, it weights just a bit less than 2150 lbs. with a full tank of gas.
I'm working on reducing some more weight (sub 2000 would be awesome).

Power wise, last time I dyno it, it only made 137 hp and 155 ft/tq.....after all the engine is rebuilt, it's gonna make somewhere in the 300 hp neightboor (300-320 N/A, with high compression pistons)....and hoping to make 220-230 ft/tq.

As far as where this project is going......to the track !!! (a roll cage is also in process)....SCCA, NASA.....and maybe even some time attack.
Gotta go by the rules/ book.......the truck is FAR from being aerodynamic.....lol, but it's a unique project, and one-of-a-kind.....so I'm excited.
Alex

JDM'ized · 03-12-2008, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Venom_5

you shoulda made it out of CF

you still can, for the plenum at least ... if you machine a male mold ... or at least fiberglass if you dont wanna deal with CF

Actually I'd love C/F....lol (who doesn't.....?)....anyway, I'm already working with C/F every now and then....
I already made simple molds, pieces and so forth. A plenum would be a real challenge for me.....so, I honestly don't know if I'm up to the task....
But I agree, C/F would be sick ! I've seen some Honda Civic with a C/F plenum/ runners......

Alex

JustAnotherAsian · 03-12-2008, 02:25 PM

^wowzers. suscribed. sub-2000 lbs and 300 hp... sounds sweet.

Venom_5 · 03-12-2008, 03:08 PM

if you just machine solid stock aluminum in the shape of the plenum, then you can glass over it ... would only be one extra step

just leave one side open so you can remove the aluminum and it will be a CF plenum!

JDM'ized · 03-12-2008, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Venom_5

if you just machine solid stock aluminum in the shape of the plenum, then you can glass over it ... would only be one extra step

just leave one side open so you can remove the aluminum and it will be a CF plenum!

Thanks for the tips...
My new manifold should weight around 10 lbs when done. C/F manifold maybe would weight....5-7 lbs. The weight loss is negligible. I'm not saying it can't be done (I've seen it plenty of times). It's very expensive, time consuming, and it requires skills....and I lack the last one....lol. But if you know what you're talking about....be my guest and make one for me....lol
Alex

Venom_5 · 03-12-2008, 09:56 PM

i wasnt sayin for weight loss, just for the looks ... but it is a tad expensive (although with the price of solid stock lately, idk if its a huge difference)

if i had the time and money to make you one, id make one for myself

keep us updated

JDM'ized · 03-12-2008, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by JustAnotherAsian

^wowzers. suscribed. sub-2000 lbs and 300 hp... sounds sweet.

You could compare it to this: (power to weight ratio).

Handling is a whole different story though. I will have to ditch the stupid POS leaf-springs/ shocks and go full coilovers.
The final project should look something like this: (Reg. Cab though).

(minus the RB26...lol)

JDM'ized · 03-12-2008, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Venom_5

i wasnt sayin for weight loss, just for the looks ... but it is a tad expensive (although with the price of solid stock lately, idk if its a huge difference)

if i had the time and money to make you one, id make one for myself

keep us updated

$$$ luckily for me....it's not....
However, I want to do as much as I can on my own, and rely on my friends as little as possible. They're super knowlegeable and super nice.
This is my very first serious built up. (I owned 6 Subaru WRX before, all with minor bolt-on's).
Now it's time to take things on my own and learn as much as I can in the process.
It would be too easy to just loan the car, and pay my friends to do it, ask them to make it fast, and pick it up when they're done. I want to be involved, I want to do it on my own....but I lack skill (or maybe I should say, not as good as my friends). I don't have an engineering degree....but I'm willing to take it step by step, get as much info's as I can, learn the ropes, and get things done right the first time....(not just with the manifold, with the whole project).
I'll let you know as I proceed...(pics and so forth).
Alex

EchoHoLiK · 03-12-2008, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by JDM'ized

$$$ luckily for me....it's not....
However, I want to do as much as I can on my own, and rely on my friends as little as possible. They're super knowlegeable and super nice.
This is my very first serious built up. (I owned 6 Subaru WRX before, all with minor bolt-on's),
Now it's time to take things on my own and learn as much as I can in the process.
It would be too easy to just loan the car, and pay my friends to do it, ask them to make it fast, and pick it up when they're done. I want to be involved, I want to do it on my own....but I lack skill (or maybe I should say, not as good as my friends). I don't have an engineering degree....but I'm willing to take it step by step, get as much info's as I can, learn the ropes, and get things done right the first time....(not just with the manifold, with the whole project)
I'll let you know as I proceed...(pics and so forth).
Alex

That's respectable, getting your hands dirty and getting involved as much as possible

I've always dreamed of building a sick custom Taco, but relocating the engine to the middle (where the bed is), in front of the rear axle to make it a mid-engine racing Taco

It's been done before (by Rod Millen), which ends up being a 4WD Tacoma (with a shit load of horsepower) attacking the Pikes Peak trail

But then again that race car is no longer really a Tacoma anymore

But I'll keep dreaming though

What's you plan on smoothing out the aerodynamics behind the cab? Something like a hard tonneau cover for the bed at least?

JDM'ized · 03-13-2008, 12:37 AM

Now I have the radiator up front (like 99.9% of the cars on the street today)....maybe I will relocate it in the back (helping even further the horrible 60/40 weight distribution of the truck....I don't know yet.
As far as a tonneau cover....C/F ?.....
There are other concerns right now. other then aerodynamics...like coilovers.
Coilovers on a Tacoma 2WD (like mine) are not a straight swap. I have to re-design the whole chassis with point of attachment and camber plates (pillow mounts)....along fabbing up the roll cage integrated with it (like I showed in the previous pics above)....not easy (at least for me).
Luckily though. The Tacoma, like every other truck, it's not a unibody, with the ladder-frame chassis I could make the whole ''belly'' of the truck smooth (using like an aluminium sheet, or even C/F....).
The exhaust could be tucked in very high, allowing a lot of clearance.
Underneath the bed, where my OEM tank used to sit, I will place a huge rear diffuser (like the JGTC cars in Japan)...helping with downforce, and stability at high speed.
Those are just idea for now....still thinking....
Alex