Well my intake showed up while I was away, first thing I did was open it up and take some pictures..... For the full write up (some might find it very interesting...) and the pictures : Reichard Intake Write Up (There's also tons of new things - VT stroker motor pictures, cams, X2C transmission, Fluidyne Radiator, pictures from the TurboMustang shootout as well as the Autorama car show that was at the Alamodome)
Damn you rich guys and your free spending ways.... Great purchase if the minor bugs are worked out or don't turn into major ones. I guess Reichard can listen to it's customers and maybe resoleve some of these issues.
That's my hope....why I always try to be fair and honest in my write ups. For me it was more of a necessity, I don't think the stock plastic intake would live a happy life when real boost is put through it this summer....
sure looks nice. Hopefully none of the small issues are big problems. What kinds of gains does it advertise, and for what applications ? N/A, s/c, turbo etc... see pm
From what I've seen in the mags, it doesn't help alot. Most of the reviews I have seen have been N/A. It looks like it would be a good manifold for blowers tho'. Forced induction would make up for the intake velocity lost by the short runners. I also think forged internals would make the high rpms necessary more "survivable". I look forward to a true OBJECTIVE review. Just my two.
There haven't been any reviews of the v2.0 intake - everything that has been posted was based upon the v1.0 intake. There was one review in a mag that used a NA car - why??? A short runner intake is not setup for a NA car, it is setup for a FI car. The v1.0 was tested on a SC car - there was low end hp/tq loss, but major gains on the top end (~53rwhp) over a Bullitt intake...imagine it over a stock intake. The v2.0 is supposed to cut the losses in half according to Jim. There are a few SC cars that have the v2.0 on now that are getting ready to do some testing so we should see some real world numbers. Myself and Sizz will also have numbers on turbocharged applications - however neither of us will have 'before' numbers with the same setup since we're both doing full motors (him cobra crank, stage 3 heads - me 302ci stroker, stage 2 heads). For a NA car, get a Fox Lake intake, or if you don't like the looks - wait to see what BBK brings to market....
Something tells me the BBK intake will look more like a production piece as opposed to the ugly Fox Lake intake. The only 2V intakes available are ones that look like they were put together by hand, as opposed to most aftermarket parts that was produced entirely by a machine.
Exactly...but BBK's pockets are a lot deeper than FL I only wish I could have justified a Hogan....but the RR is still nice and I think it will be perfect for a turbocharged application - especially with a stroker as well - I can afford the loss of some low end torque for gains on the top end. I think when BBK does come out with something, it will be similar to their other intakes and should have enough R&D money in it to make decent power all around. The FL would look better if they could have figured out another place for the TB, but I understand why its there - to keep costs down and allow people to use stock mounting locations...not everyone wants to fab up a discharge tube, etc, etc....
Update : Had a nice conversation with Jim Reichard today, here is a summary : Pin Holes : He is fully aware of them. Like I suspected/hoped, they are BELOW the injector O-ring so it is a non-issue (which I confirmed with the angry germans the other night, but it was good to hear Jim say the same thing). The reason for them (as stated by Jim) is to allow the injector to sit as low as possible to increase hp/tq. As for the transfer between the runners, it was exactly what I stated...some hand cleaning would clean it up - Jim said he could gladly do it for an additional fee if it truly bothered some people and they didn't have the capability of doing it.... But like I stated, you'll need to do some hand cleaning on any manifold. For those that have stated they feel the intake costs too much, you'll be happy to know Reichard still hasn't recouped the investment cost - and actually just invested more money into the fabrication stage - and it will take at least two more batches for him to break even/turn a profit.
All I can say is - Wow. That looks great. It'll be interesting to see what it produces compared to the old version and the Bullitt intake. I'm glad I'm not the only one that thigns the fox lake intake is fugly. But if it works...
I would love to see some dno numbers on N/A GT's... also maybe a different color. Black or polished would be nice
This intake is not for a NA car...if a NA car wants an alternative to the Bullitt - the only choice is the Fox Lake. Yeah FL did a great job making the intake work, I just am not fond of the hump that was necessary...but it does make some pretty good numbers for the first attempt - subsequent testing supposedly went even better....(at least according to some inside people)
...and maybe BBK with a decent price for us poor ol guys like me. I mean I'm clutching at straws with my 96. Short of just swapping for a new engine we have to get what's left over.
