so how are your manifolds shaping up Chuck?

 

I haven't had any time to work on them this week. My friend with the TIG is out of town as well. My in-laws are going to be staying at my house this week also so it looks like it will be next week before I'll have a chance to work on them. If I wasn't so ADD I would have probably have finished them by now . Quick sombody get me some ritalin.

 

This is awesome! I love watching threads like this. It makes me wish I was more of a do-it-yourself-er.

You never know, Chuck. After you're done, maybe you could sell your design and plans to someone like NeedsWings or TVT Designs, and they could make kits to sell to all these other interested Crossfire owners.

 

hurry up Chucky! And stop slacking off... tell the family you need some alone time to work on your ADD issues, that should free you up.

 

ditto!!

 

My father-in-law is actually a retired engineer so maybe I can persuade him to help me get this into production. There is a metal fabrication company nearby I am going to talk to about mass producing some of the pieces I need.

 

In-laws are on their way home and I now have two solid weeks without any other obligations to finish the prototype. I have a company willing to work with me on a small scale and could have a product within as little as 30 days. If anyone is seriously interested pm me so I can get an idea of what the demand would be. Hope everyone had a fun holiday.

 

how much do you guess the intake manifolds will run us about?


will you be completing this project anytime soon?

 

All this is just theoretical pondering until I see results and no cels.

I don't have an exact quote because I need to see what kind of real world build time is involved. All intakes will have to be built on an actual engine. Its the best way to insure port alignment.
I have an August 1st deadline. By then I should have enough information to either start production or go back to my regular life. If I decide there is not enough interest I will make sure I post enough information for DIY.

 

no one will be interested until they see it completed on your car, with a real dyno.

If this works, I think it will be way cheaper than TVT's 250 hp upgrade. I don't see why it wouldn't work, since the German tuners where using nothing but an FMU for the fuel, and I doubt they tuned the ecu's timing, as several guys on MBworld have done a homebrew low boost project succesfully already.

 

I'm most definitely in.

 

Found a nice FMU from Aeromotive, it's designed for a returnless fuel system like on our car's

http://www.superchargersonline.com/p...umber=FP001I-7

 

thats a nice piece. Now does that just act as a programmable fuel pressure regulator? Ive never messed with a fuel injection car, so the computer stuff is new to me.

 

I'm trying to find the ops manual for it, on the net. guess I'll have to just order one to see how it works.

I'm more interested in using large srt6 injectors on the crossfire, and just compensate by lowering the fuel pressure, instead of over pressurizing the smaller injectors more than neccessay.

 

here are some more specs on it. gonna have to get rid of the OEm pump

http://www.350z-tech.com/zwiki/Aeromotive_DFMU

 

Have you finished the manifolds yet? I need a set soon.
Found an installation manual for installing a vortech on the 350Z, good info here, they are using the split second timing box
http://www.superchargersonline.com/content.asp?id=159

 

OK guys, heres the update. I have a machine shop starting production on the flanges Monday. I'm having them waterjetted out of .5 inch aluminum. I have ordered enough to make ten intakes including mine. If I don't hit any brick walls I should meet my August 1st deadline.

 

beautiful, can't wait to get mine.
this is gonna be the best x-mas ever!

 

will there need to be any tuning done once installed?

 

he's only offering us manifolds, we have to figure out the rest...