There is a local tuner shop in my area that specializes in custom fabrication. They have worked on my S2000 numerous times thus far--from de-installing/re-installing my turbo kit to making one-off pieces for my car. Since I started using their services, they have been urging me to have them build me a custom intake manifold. They showed me pictures of other intake manifolds that they had made and I was very impressed. Well, about three weeks ago I pulled the trigger and had them make me a custom intake manifold, as well as a custom fuel rail.

For this particular project, they decided to reuse the OEM flange and intake runners because: (1) it would take some time (and more money) to have a custom CNC flange made and (2) the OEM intake runners are actually very good. The biggest problem with the OEM intake manifold is its small plenum size. So, they removed the OEM plenum and designed a new one. They also removed "waste" material from all over the intake manifold itself, and deleted the coolant ports. Furthermore, they relocated the vacuum ports to underneath the intake manifold so that the various vacuum lines would be less visible. Anyways, here are some pics of the manifold and fuel rail:










These pictures do not do these items justice! If you were to see these two items in person your jaw would drop. There are a few things that need to be cleaned-up on the IM before it can be used, but overall I am VERY pleased. This intake manifold is sure to make some nice gains on the dyno! Unfortunately it won't be until CY2009 until my S2000 breathes again, so until then I have obtained one my piece to the puzzle.

I hope you all are as impressed with these custom items as I am!

 

looks sick now go throw that thing on!

any flow research behind this particular setup?

 

No. They did the old school approach of relying on their vast experience of making intake manifolds for various cars and them performing very well.

 

sounds good to me

it should compliment the setup well!

 

i wonder how much power this will net you

 

At one point the shop guaranteed me at least 30rwhp. I cannot hold them to that guarantee at this point because too many variables have changed.

 

There are very few shops out there that actually designed their products and use flow benches to determine gains. Most rely on prior knowledge and lessons learned when developing items such as intake manifolds and turbo manifolds. For instance, Full-Race is the only shop I know of that uses computer engineering to design turbo manifolds for the S2000. Most everybody else rely on instinct and past experience.

 

All looks good besides that plaque with thier name on it.

 

Marketing is > *.

 

Are those velocity stacks in there?