Thread: Stock plastic upper intake manifold boost limitations?
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Old 03-14-2017, 11:19 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Jayhovah View Post
Has anyone considered an on-the-cheap DIY approach to stiffening up the manifold? You could grind off all the plastic reinforcement fins, then give the mani a few layers of FRP reinforcement to stengthen it up.
It cracks top and bottom... this is completely unrealistic. Not to mention at the higher boost levels the thing separates at the seams...
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