Intake Manfold Gasket

[Jmac]

Courtney pulled me out from the dungeon . I wont spill the beans but there will be a few big turbo VW/Audis on the street soon

The gasket , well , the theory behind it is quite simple . To reduce the effects of heat transfer from the alloy head to the alloy inlet manifold . This works similar to the intercooler in being a modification that cools the incoming air while the car is driving . You cant test its effects on a dyno or idling , you'll need to log intake air temps as the car is driving . The inlet manifold will radiate the heat from the engine , it was never designed to be a heatsink hence the requirement for airflow to pass over it . The Gasket prevents heat from being transferred to the inlet manifold while the car is in motion from the cylinder head . The faster you drive the colder your manifold will be ! We used these on the race cars and could quite comfortably put our hand on the inlet manifold when the car would enter the pits !

Yeah thats pretty much what i experienced with the manifold on the devil it was fairly cool after its 3 runs on the rollers
Jmac

[noone]

Courtney pulled me out from the dungeon . I wont spill the beans but there will be a few big turbo VW/Audis on the street soon

Good to hear from you Seb. Think I'll come pay you a visit for one of these and see what I can spy with my little eye...

Edit: Picked one up today, had a look under the hood and think I need to do a bit more prep before I attack this one.

Fuel rail (I assume) looks painfully in the way of getting to the bolts and being able to get the manifold clear enough to get the old one out.

Jmac, Did you disconnect the fuel rail thingy (yeah, super technical) to get space in there?

[mikepologti]

ive got mine still sitting at home. wasnt quite sure weather to tackle this my self or throw it over to jimmy.