I could do 1 but have found 2 very competent and keen fabricators to do the job for me instead.Still the basic idea is there for 1 throat/tb per inlet port.Taking that thinking it's easy to sort many combo's that could fit that bill.The chosen fabricator has ALOT of V8 supercar experience so has had to work within alot of restraints which gears one for problem solving via different means out side the normal.Braddy had 3 XF webbers or strombergs??? on a custom manifold that appeared to work on a stockish engine.Not hard to improve on it...
That only leaves the exhaust as your weak link and as mine is getting custom merge collectors and a twin 2.5 exhaust I feel that is covered now aswell.Again not everyone's idea of what should or will work but after talking to the right exhaust shop and head porter/fabricator it seems it is going in the right way.Issue here is mine will be very very far from a daily but if reworked via smaller camshaft (even hyd),less compression and petrol and a rethink of the exhaust to quieten it down I bet it would run very good numbers and be happy as a daily aswell albeit a tad thirsty as you would still spank other streeters on the way to work for fun...LOL
If we remove the "it can only be this way" thoughts from peoples minds we can achieve much more all while seeing the issues raised as simple engineering/mechanical problems like we solve in other areas of our lives on a daily basis.We just have to aim for higher efficiency with every single aspect of what we do in modified engines or stick with what some claim is the only way and watch the rest go ahead.
A boosted engine is much softer on engine components other than pistons and valves springs then a NAT ASP engine is due to the constant pressure on the rotating assembly acting as a cushion if you will.Where as a NAT ASP is continuously loaded and un-loaded on every stroke which is why we see certain conrods last in boosted combo's that can't in a NAT ASP deal.NAT ASP is HARD on a engine thats near the limit yet boosted engines just swallow more and more.They always have a safety window ready to go like a head gasket where as on a NAT ASP combo it will be a conrod out the block or such.Tuning is the key to reliable boosted combo's,even NAT ASP really.
The factory BBM manifold off a E series seems to be the go for boosted x-flows but even the stock unit can make REAL numbers judging by that green one that came from down south that young fella did.Boost will flow anywhere but vacuum needs help to flow well and be efficient...
The motor in my Fairlane is an 84DA block from an early XF and it was an orange colored onepiece rubber seal.... And yeh was like 12 bucks at Autobarn.
Yeh not uncommon for em to leak a bit... For rego purposes youll probaby get away with a quick degrease and wipe over. The bigger concern id have is that if you have a manual, and the leak becomes significant,there is potential for the clutch to become contaminated with oil causing it to chatter, shudder and slip... Meaning what was a once a matter of replacing a $10 part turns into rplacing a $200 part.
Amen to that. Twice i had my systems installed by professionals.
1st time they dropped my head unit and had patched the PCB inside and taped the top cover back on plus the crimp lugged and taped all the connections. All which failed within 4 weeks of the install.
2nd time they smacked my rim on my 3 day old WRX on a gutter, and took 3 months to replace it, and failed to tune the system correctly including leaving the 12watt factory speakers connected which caused massive distortion on anything over 1/8 volume.
Your better off doing your own install if you can and do it right.
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