Let's talk intake manifold design

[kronus]

Look at eli's ITB thread, also BrownBrick IIRC at emotech have made some good m20 manifold groundwork.

TurboBrown. His project thread is amazing.

[atomic]

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=109307

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[Farbin Kaiber]

Look at eli's ITB thread, also BrownBrick IIRC at emotech have made some good m20 manifold groundwork.

[z31maniac]

Last time we talked about cams and headwork and intermittenly touched on the intake manifold and its drawbacks.

(If you are hear to say, stupid/don't waste the effort/you're an idiot/"You should just do a 24v swap," stop now, and don't post.)

I'm buying matt325is intake manifold flange as a starting point for a custom intake manifold.

Previous discussions have indicated the long runner length of the stock manifold as a one of the obstacles to high RPM flow. Basically my idea for the intake manifold is a Dbilas style setup, minus the individual throttle bodies of course.

My two main concerns are:
1. Size of the airbox
2. Shape of the airbox

1. I want to make sure the airbox is large enough and will replenish fast enough for each intake stroke of the crank. I don't know how many of you are familiar with sportbike stuff and so called "Big Bang" bikes, but for instance the new R1 uses a wildly timed crankshaft to improve smooth running etc, lots of discussion about piston speeds and throttle response and shit, but the main reason they don't just have a piston firing every 90° of crank rotation is that the airbox would not be able to refill fast enough for each intake stroke.

2. A simple rectangle with the throttle body on the side, ie exactly like the Dbilas setup or a "house" shape with the side of the rectangle slanting outwards to long side, or even more a 666fabrication style intake (which also matches the E46 M CF airbox I think).

What say you?