@@Jeff1995born So true, He also helped me a lot with all the information he gives!! I am building a CBR600 buggy and SK8215 helped a lot, check it out on my channel
I have been following you since you started this build and it blows my mind you only have 30K subscribers, you deserve way more. The manner n which you go in depth about why you made certain decisions is very informative and interesting. Really like your channel, keep doing wat you’re doing!
TIG on alu requires AC, dunno if his welder has it (not exactly very common on MIG welder), so that means a new welder. But yeah, it's worth it, and it's not that hard.
I would rebuild it with bigger plenums, in the current config, those end cylinders may have issues. There will be reversion waves from the valves shutting in other cylinders which may disrupt airflow to the back cylinders. Flow testing a manifold is not perfect because it doesn't take into account the changes in flow pattern created by the fact that the pistons all intake at a different times. Bigger plenum to even out flow shouldn't effect lag as suggested above, If anything, the greater and more even flow will pass more gas at the turbo and spool it faster.
Wouldnt be surprised if he can design his own exhaust manifold to suit the flow volume, velocity and all the requirements needed to get the negative wave back to the valve at the last few degrees of overlap to scavenge the last of the spent exhaust gas.
You are the ultimate combination of in depth technical engineering combined with pure DIY fabrication. You are a beast! I really enjoy watching your content and I can't wait till this thing gets driving
Absolutely love how much progress you make in each episode, seems to be so many channels that milk the smallest amount of work into an episode. Can't wait to see this project finished!
man i just wanted to thank you for all the help you've given me through your videos. I had an exam today about suspension and steering geometry and i absolutely killed it, mostly because of your video's. Keep doing what you're doing, im dying to see this project finished!!
This is exactly the type of content I love, someone pushing their boundaries regardless of what the cynics might say. I absolutely cannot wait to see what this absolute beast can do when it's finished, and that is not true of ANY of the 'crashed lambo' builds everyone else on UA-cam seem to be churning out (except for Binky obviously)! Love your bids buddy, really do.
From my point of view your content is perfect as it is, watching this build is fascinating. Having said that it would also be interesting if you did feature some racing and used it to point out the aspects of each race that has influenced your design for this build. It would also be nice to see your friends cars and again have you point out some of the features on them that have influenced your design.
Firstly, great build bud. Personally I feel that this is the part of the build that you will look back on and feel you could have done a better job.. Square tubing and right angles are going to seriously effect your airflow. I suspect that you going to sacrifice midrange power and this will be felt coming out of corners. I think that you will also find that your airflow to each cylinder will not be uniform which means that you are going to sacrifice power for reliability. Lastly I battle to see why you are sating electronic is simpler. Its a simple peddle, you use the same throttle body and you don't have to run the a cable. This is an amazing build and its a little late to go simple :-) Good luck with the rest of the build, its really good and rewarding work.
Lyall O'Carroll I feel like these engines are so carefully balanced that the ghetto manifold might be a real weak link.... ie might over time burn out one cyclinder due it it running more lean than tr others and drop a valve.... or simply not breathe as well!
The manifold is better than I could do. But my suggestion is that this manifold will work for now and if you aren't happy with it in the future you can always make a new one.👍 Also you mentioned time attack. Just for the heads up time attack cars for most events (like world time attack) have to retain the factory strut towers, factory vin number, and factory floor pan meaning a fully tubular car can not compete. However global time attack DOES allow tubular cars to compete in the pro/comp class! Either way I love the build and think it would be awesome to see it compete in a hillclimb event as well when it is done. Would like to hear your thoughts. Thanks.
I would suggest getting an intake manifold professionally built, you will most likely run into issues with flow causing you to run higher boost to achieve the power you're looking for. All of your work has been amazing with the design and building of this car keep up the good work.
Thanks for sharing. Good example why I get nothing done and you are able to build awesome race car in your garage. I’d be trying to make everything perfect. I’d try to form perfect shape runners and so on. But you just get on with it get it done! Love it. I’d love to see other content in your channel as well as long as you enjoy doing it.
It would be really cool to have some in depth videos showing the calculations and methods/tools you used to design the car. You had a really thoughtful and deliberate explanation of the crash structure, and even though it was very surface level, it had me wanting for more. It's a genre of videos that is fairly rare on youtube (excepting Engineering Explained) and I think the ASL project is the perfect source material to make maths heavy videos very interesting to watch. Not everyone involved or interested in grassroots motorsport has professional engineering experience, so it would be helpful to have that experience accessible as a very loose guide on how to think about the process of building a race car.
Make sure the square tubing is not anodized or you will have these issues even if you tig and not experienced. So you should flap disk the surface to clean off the anodizing before welding it. Also the flange is thick so it sucks heat fast so if that is a low powered mig you need to put a lot of heat into the flange. Even using a 200amp tig it would be best to put a lot of heat into the flange with the torch or oven.
The manifold will do his job bring the car alive but as we know it's definitely had allot optimizing potential, I would do his setup but the middle part at the end and make a splitter (so the first two cylinders have the same air as the ones in the back) in the left and right box. In the end have not a single edge and just one direction there the air can go. Also, after the air go from the 2 tubes in 1 make two little fins who direct the air in a light twisting.keep going I love this project so much.
wow things are coming along I have been here when you were still trying to perfect your E55 so long time I can't believe that this thing is almost complete
Really enjoyed this build video! Great production quality and it keeps getting better! I'm geeking out with the details! 😁 I'm really looking forward to more of the build, but racing videos would be a good break for you and us as something to look forward to when your ASL55 is ready for next year's time attack season. Keep up the good work! Hope you can one day be able to get a better aluminum welder like what VTuned & Samcrac uses at their shop (sponsorship hint 😉)!
Ross machine racing to get your parts for intake manifold and all that stuff . You are going to have lumpy running with that setup you need to clean it up ,even with a stand alone management you can't tune that out .look them up ok .
Good video and a great project, but I'm afraid those sharp edges and 90 deg angles on the intake aren't a good thing. I expect it to cripple high rpm performance. Maybe the correct way to go was to make adapter from rectangular holes to circular shape and then use bent and modified circle tubes.
Velocity stacks in an NA setup sure.. but boost overcomes that problem by forcing the air in . Either way good job..ps i am not a fan of the throttle body setup at all in this setup with 2 turbos and your intake plenum design dual throttle bodies wouldve been better.. otherwise a complete top hat design and a front center mount throttle body would work better.. with this design i hope your tuning software will allow for individual cylinder tuning
I agree, a compete top hat design would most likely perform better - too many 90 degree turns now. But it will raise the high in the front and obstruct vision. A dual-throttle body IMHO is not great for a setup like that, because you will be totally insulating one bank from the other and You might run into some trouble even with a very clever ECU.
Great progress! You probably should reconsider using electronic throttle though. Considering that you going to use standalone ECU capable of controlling it... It will give you plenty of options to play with on a turbocharged RWD car ;)
I support your build, but i am in struggle of your new intake, im thinking why you didnt rebuild the oem intake and delete the supercharger and maybe you make a longer runner for the boddie, in my mind this new one will just slowdown the flow even and compress the heat even more and in second grade get really creepy to tune, and also the trottle response will be slower. I hope you read this and think of it, been making and seeing alot of "turbo intakes" for v8 and straight 6s, there is alot of intakes that ends up with long smoth curves. Ps i would like to se more of "freinds project" project´s is what im here for :)
It's not possible using the stock runners because they're one piece with the supercharger. Would have had to cut them off. The stock runners are also undersized. This manifold isn't the best but its still much better than keeping the supercharger. Throttle response and flow should only be better
SK8215 i understand you, you go your own way, in my case i would cut the runners from the supercharger then make bigger plenums for 2,75 liter per side, or something simular 🙂 I wish you best luck 🙂
I also agree here but obviously I don't know everything about the situation. The best possible solution I could see here if you ever replace this intake is not only slanting the runner like you did but possibly make them longer by bending it over and having them cross the valley going between the runners from the other side(no idea if the tubes will fit interlocked).
I really admire your work. Under your courage I bought and rebuilt a M113k engine too. I can work with stand alone computers. In case you need help, let me know. I will Install Emtron kv8 for my M113k. There isn't much tuning method for m113k stock ECU. Besides you will need many race function, such as anti-lag, flat shift...... so it is not possible on stock ecu. Maybe another way is find a LS ECU match the trigger signal, maybe cost effective, but also lacking so much function. at least u need turbo controller wide band etc.......which also cost some money.
I would take a round pipe that is half the width of the rear of the intake manifolds do cut it in half, cut everything off the back of the manifold and weld the half pipes to form an air foil in the shape of an M, think McDonadls arches to split the air and direct it to the 180 degrees around the corner instead of the air hitting those flat surfaces and having to redirect at two 90 degree angles. I'm not sure if I got my point across but think of the air as fluid and the fluid would move easier around a half circle than hitting two flat walls. Good progress though, keep it up
great content. i am actually preparing a build myself, not quite as ambitious as you. i am starting out with a smaller project. single seater 800cc V4 honda turbo charged mid engine with 1.63 rear differential. i have only made some drawings and scavange stuff but your videos helped a lot. i may put my process on youtube as well! thanks!
To make velocity stacks, how about using some large diameter tubing, cut into quarters, along each side of the intake port. Mitre the corners. It makes a reasonably easy cutting and welding job
The work you do is fantastic. Listen to the nay-sayers, but with a pinch of salt. My greatest critics help me grow. The fluid dynamics of the manifold will hurt power consistency. Add a plenum link on the front of the plenums. +- 25mm in diameter as a bolt on. Keep at it. 😮😊
Put a ramp at the leading edge of the radiator exhaust opening up top to increase negative pressure area. You will literally be sucking the air through the radiator at speed.
I'm not sure if you've mentioned this somewhere but how did you learn to do this? What's your career? Really amazing build btw, can't find anything else on UA-cam like it
Awesome video as always! I cant tell you how excited I am to see this finished. Wish I could see and hear it in person! Also I'm pretty sure the e55 shares the same intake manifold pattern with the NA e430. Any reason you didn't go that route? Yours definitely looks cooler though hahah
If you have diagnostic screen setup in your car and hit the NoS it'll start flashing "Danger to Manifold!" 😂 maybe that's what Fast and Furious 1 was going for Lol
STOP AND THINK !!!! All you need to do now is take a TIG torch and reflow your welds !!! You can make them perfect if you take your time and be careful. Good luck... with 2 turbos there will be a lot of pressure in that manifold and epoxy is not a long term fix.
@@sigmaprojects Just flow it nice ! Practice on some scrap...clean it real well and Bob's yer uncle! At 15 PSI I don't know how well that thing is gunna hold. Everything aside...that is one kickass manifold for being thrown together!!!
@@danielweinbaum yea definitely interesting for sure. He probably would have been better off milling out for the tubing to go through the manifold plate to make welding easier and then mill it flat since he has the tools.
Hey @SK8215, great video! In regards to your speed control issues for your spool gun, look into using a speed controller from a model train. I sounds silly but it is actually a very effective method. TIG is a great process but it is so expensive and time consuming that it's almost never the best option, hope this helps and good luck!
Like quite a few things in this build, I'm not saying it won't work, but the square into the ports and the steps you left in the base plates are like throwing socks in your intake ports. I would also have a ballistic blanket over your bellhousing as well. I'm concerned about the concentricity of that adapter.
Since I'm a little on the lazy side, the first thing I would have done is measure the intake port arrangement to see if another intake could be modified to fit, like a Ford GT Coyote intake. There probably isn't one suitable, but I would have tried that first.
For those vacuum lines, won’t you get a higher pressure reading because the air coming in stagnates when it hits the back of the plenum? Bernoulli’s. I think you’d get more accurate readings if they were moved out from the path of high velocity air coming in
Have followed some of this build and enjoyed so far. Is there any reason you are not milling/planing the head to intake mating surface? I wasn't going to say anything until I heard you mention the 100 shot of N0S. Looking forward to seeing more.
I’m sure you know, but I would tape those ports while working on it...and I highly suggest getting a tig machine or take the parts to a welder along with the motor for fitment. No disrespect intended, your build blows my mind. I want to do a similar build but with a lighter weight drivetrain.
It's going to be minimum 390W/kg (stock m113 350kW/900kg) which is already more than top Ferraris and Lambos in stock. With this much power the custom made body, suspension, transmission etc. will need a hell lot of tuning which will most likely be much longer than building the first running version. Anyway, I can't wait to see it running!
Look into klutch welders from northern tool. We have a Lincoln mig/spool gun setup at work and it's horrible to the point I'll take my personal klutch to work if I know I'm welding on aluminum that day. I don't think it's so much your doing anything wrong then the welder sucks. Only thing I can say to try different, if your not already doing it is to better prep the aluminum by using scotch brite and acetone to break the top layer of aluminum off as it usually has a coating that you don't realize is there and the coating will ruin your welds
As always another very informative video, thanks. Just curious why you didn’t just pick up a non K M113 AMG manifold and modify it, seems it would have been allot easier?
You have no idea what you're talking about. Epoxy is used in aluminum aircraft panel and structural adhesion. Look up Aeropoxy. Do some research before you puke out nonsense.
Amazing project, I watch loads of your films. Did you consider stripping a m113 naturally aspirated intake manifold, and using that? Looks like a possible to me
Pretty sure as soon as you do a hit with a 100 shot those welds on the intake are going to blow just like you said. Heard about it happening before from a pretty solid source.
You need to clean the oxide layer off the aluminum before welding. If you dont it take 3600 degrees to weld and simply sanding of wire brushing the aluminum it drop to 1200 degrees. That will make it much easier weld especially with a cheaper welder
No screaming, not clickbait, just talking and working. Keep going.
Tavarish.....that's that guy that looks like a baby ostrich, right?
Tavarish, you mean that dude that looks like a baby ostrich. ...lol yea he is lame
This guy is the man. No BS.
@@Jeff1995born So true, He also helped me a lot with all the information he gives!!
I am building a CBR600 buggy and SK8215 helped a lot, check it out on my channel
I have been following you since you started this build and it blows my mind you only have 30K subscribers, you deserve way more. The manner n which you go in depth about why you made certain decisions is very informative and interesting. Really like your channel, keep doing wat you’re doing!
TIG weld... trust me you wont regret it. Get an Eastwood TIG 200, great welder for the money
Or ahp Alpha TIG 200 or Alpha TIG 201 xd.
Yes !!! When you get the hang of TIG it's not that hard !
TIG on alu requires AC, dunno if his welder has it (not exactly very common on MIG welder), so that means a new welder.
But yeah, it's worth it, and it's not that hard.
Definitely worth it. Ask for sponsorships. I'm sure they'll oblige and it will help grow your channel and fund future projects.
I think an Alpha 201, is much better welder then the eastwood. Its the youtube special welder
Grinding and paint makes me the welder I ain't… 😁
Upload anything you want to man. this is YOUR channel!!
If you ever want to do a better flowing setup I would LOVE to build a manifold for this car
For sure! Trying to rush things for now to get the car done but later if you want, I can send you the manifold to modify
SK8215 for sure, get it going first then we will talk about making something smoother!
I would rebuild it with bigger plenums, in the current config, those end cylinders may have issues. There will be reversion waves from the valves shutting in other cylinders which may disrupt airflow to the back cylinders. Flow testing a manifold is not perfect because it doesn't take into account the changes in flow pattern created by the fact that the pistons all intake at a different times.
Bigger plenum to even out flow shouldn't effect lag as suggested above, If anything, the greater and more even flow will pass more gas at the turbo and spool it faster.
Wouldnt be surprised if he can design his own exhaust manifold to suit the flow volume, velocity and all the requirements needed to get the negative wave back to the valve at the last few degrees of overlap to scavenge the last of the spent exhaust gas.
Quincy Owyang
Wah?
You are the ultimate combination of in depth technical engineering combined with pure DIY fabrication. You are a beast! I really enjoy watching your content and I can't wait till this thing gets driving
you really need an AC/DC TIG welder though!!!
Best car channel on UA-cam!!
Best channel on UA-cam! :D
Do I detect a hint of Ulster accent?
not at all he only has half the knowledge he needs to built build this project successfully. it will disintegrate on the first pot hole
hans hoogendyk hans the hater! I don’t care if it falls apart, I reckon it will succeed, but not knowing is the fun!!
Absolutely love how much progress you make in each episode, seems to be so many channels that milk the smallest amount of work into an episode. Can't wait to see this project finished!
man i just wanted to thank you for all the help you've given me through your videos. I had an exam today about suspension and steering geometry and i absolutely killed it, mostly because of your video's. Keep doing what you're doing, im dying to see this project finished!!
where do you go to school? that sounds like an awesome class
This is exactly the type of content I love, someone pushing their boundaries regardless of what the cynics might say. I absolutely cannot wait to see what this absolute beast can do when it's finished, and that is not true of ANY of the 'crashed lambo' builds everyone else on UA-cam seem to be churning out (except for Binky obviously)! Love your bids buddy, really do.
From my point of view your content is perfect as it is, watching this build is fascinating. Having said that it would also be interesting if you did feature some racing and used it to point out the aspects of each race that has influenced your design for this build. It would also be nice to see your friends cars and again have you point out some of the features on them that have influenced your design.
Nice F&F reference. I can see it now - "Danger to Manifold"
Lol that spool gun might even give the term a real meaning
Firstly, great build bud.
Personally I feel that this is the part of the build that you will look back on and feel you could have done a better job.. Square tubing and right angles are going to seriously effect your airflow. I suspect that you going to sacrifice midrange power and this will be felt coming out of corners. I think that you will also find that your airflow to each cylinder will not be uniform which means that you are going to sacrifice power for reliability.
Lastly I battle to see why you are sating electronic is simpler. Its a simple peddle, you use the same throttle body and you don't have to run the a cable. This is an amazing build and its a little late to go simple :-)
Good luck with the rest of the build, its really good and rewarding work.
Lyall O'Carroll I feel like these engines are so carefully balanced that the ghetto manifold might be a real weak link.... ie might over time burn out one cyclinder due it it running more lean than tr others and drop a valve.... or simply not breathe as well!
Sean Mitchell agreed, I see burnt valves and holes to n pistons in the future.
....and hope that hundred shot of nitrous doesn't blow the welds off! YES, I love it!
The manifold is better than I could do. But my suggestion is that this manifold will work for now and if you aren't happy with it in the future you can always make a new one.👍 Also you mentioned time attack. Just for the heads up time attack cars for most events (like world time attack) have to retain the factory strut towers, factory vin number, and factory floor pan meaning a fully tubular car can not compete. However global time attack DOES allow tubular cars to compete in the pro/comp class! Either way I love the build and think it would be awesome to see it compete in a hillclimb event as well when it is done. Would like to hear your thoughts. Thanks.
I would suggest getting an intake manifold professionally built, you will most likely run into issues with flow causing you to run higher boost to achieve the power you're looking for. All of your work has been amazing with the design and building of this car keep up the good work.
Despite the welds not looking great, the intake came out really cool looking! Really fascinated by your general fabrication process.
Thanks for sharing.
Good example why I get nothing done and you are able to build awesome race car in your garage. I’d be trying to make everything perfect. I’d try to form perfect shape runners and so on. But you just get on with it get it done! Love it.
I’d love to see other content in your channel as well as long as you enjoy doing it.
A TIG welder is the way to go! ;) Nothing beats TIG welding :D
I’ve enjoyed all your videos, I’m not a fan of that inlet at all though, but you certainly get things done quickly. Keep it up
It would be really cool to have some in depth videos showing the calculations and methods/tools you used to design the car. You had a really thoughtful and deliberate explanation of the crash structure, and even though it was very surface level, it had me wanting for more. It's a genre of videos that is fairly rare on youtube (excepting Engineering Explained) and I think the ASL project is the perfect source material to make maths heavy videos very interesting to watch.
Not everyone involved or interested in grassroots motorsport has professional engineering experience, so it would be helpful to have that experience accessible as a very loose guide on how to think about the process of building a race car.
love how hes always slightly laughing while commenting on difficult tasks & pulling them off ease. just found this channel and wow, great stuff dude.
holyyyyy how can i miss this channellll !?!?!?!? WOW and WOW
Keep it up!!
Also other car-related videos are welcome, with your technical knowhow explanation it's going to be a must-watch!
Absolutely awesome. You never disappoint. Keep up the awesome job. and congratulations on 30K may the number grow 100000 folds
Make sure the square tubing is not anodized or you will have these issues even if you tig and not experienced. So you should flap disk the surface to clean off the anodizing before welding it. Also the flange is thick so it sucks heat fast so if that is a low powered mig you need to put a lot of heat into the flange. Even using a 200amp tig it would be best to put a lot of heat into the flange with the torch or oven.
Also if you do buy a tig don't buy from online go to oakville and there is an Everlast Tig distributor right there.
Really looking forward to its completion. Keep going!
What shocks are you using though? Haha can you please send me the link?
Are you an automotive engineer ? Designing and building an intake manifold is not your typical garage mechanic move . Kudos brother !
The manifold will do his job bring the car alive but as we know it's definitely had allot optimizing potential, I would do his setup but the middle part at the end and make a splitter (so the first two cylinders have the same air as the ones in the back) in the left and right box. In the end have not a single edge and just one direction there the air can go. Also, after the air go from the 2 tubes in 1 make two little fins who direct the air in a light twisting.keep going I love this project so much.
Dude you're nuts. So entertaining to watch and seriously inspiring
wow things are coming along I have been here when you were still trying to perfect your E55 so long time I can't believe that this thing is almost complete
Really enjoyed this build video! Great production quality and it keeps getting better!
I'm geeking out with the details! 😁
I'm really looking forward to more of the build, but racing videos would be a good break for you and us as something to look forward to when your ASL55 is ready for next year's time attack season.
Keep up the good work! Hope you can one day be able to get a better aluminum welder like what VTuned & Samcrac uses at their shop (sponsorship hint 😉)!
This guys is the Tony Stark of the diy car builder. Awesome build so far.
Awesome job, like always. I dunno how I discover you, but I thank God for that day.
Ross machine racing to get your parts for intake manifold and all that stuff . You are going to have lumpy running with that setup you need to clean it up ,even with a stand alone management you can't tune that out .look them up ok .
Good video and a great project, but I'm afraid those sharp edges and 90 deg angles on the intake aren't a good thing. I expect it to cripple high rpm performance. Maybe the correct way to go was to make adapter from rectangular holes to circular shape and then use bent and modified circle tubes.
With you on this one but seems time frame is not on his side.
My hands itching to help this guy.
I’m cool with seeing whatever. More content from you would be a blessing.
Really enjoy your creative approach. Make a racer out of a stack of tubing and plate.. Learning a lot, thanks.
Loved the f.n.f. welds on the intake joke! Keep up the good work!
one of the best car channels on yt, good job and im looking forward on new vids
Velocity stacks in an NA setup sure.. but boost overcomes that problem by forcing the air in . Either way good job..ps i am not a fan of the throttle body setup at all in this setup with 2 turbos and your intake plenum design dual throttle bodies wouldve been better.. otherwise a complete top hat design and a front center mount throttle body would work better.. with this design i hope your tuning software will allow for individual cylinder tuning
I agree, a compete top hat design would most likely perform better - too many 90 degree turns now. But it will raise the high in the front and obstruct vision. A dual-throttle body IMHO is not great for a setup like that, because you will be totally insulating one bank from the other and You might run into some trouble even with a very clever ECU.
Bro, I loved that review of the welder 😂 You need some new equipment!
Tom Cole Yeah, awesome! lol
Great progress! You probably should reconsider using electronic throttle though. Considering that you going to use standalone ECU capable of controlling it... It will give you plenty of options to play with on a turbocharged RWD car ;)
That manifold will blow for sure, with that kind of welds
More content on everything please. :)
Man you’ve got to invest in a TIG welder, such a cool project being held back by cheap tools
Matt Lee
Flip side of the coin it’s inspiring to see someone using (relatively speaking) cheap tools to do special things.
John M you’re absolutely right, I love seeing guys making it happen, but on such a high level build everywhere else he’s leaving a lot on the table
U can get ac/ dc inverter welder for like 600 bucks i dont see a reason not to get one
I support your build, but i am in struggle of your new intake, im thinking why you didnt rebuild the oem intake and delete the supercharger and maybe you make a longer runner for the boddie, in my mind this new one will just slowdown the flow even and compress the heat even more and in second grade get really creepy to tune, and also the trottle response will be slower.
I hope you read this and think of it, been making and seeing alot of "turbo intakes" for v8 and straight 6s, there is alot of intakes that ends up with long smoth curves.
Ps i would like to se more of "freinds project" project´s is what im here for :)
It's not possible using the stock runners because they're one piece with the supercharger. Would have had to cut them off. The stock runners are also undersized. This manifold isn't the best but its still much better than keeping the supercharger. Throttle response and flow should only be better
SK8215 i understand you, you go your own way, in my case i would cut the runners from the supercharger then make bigger plenums for 2,75 liter per side, or something simular 🙂
I wish you best luck 🙂
I also agree here but obviously I don't know everything about the situation. The best possible solution I could see here if you ever replace this intake is not only slanting the runner like you did but possibly make them longer by bending it over and having them cross the valley going between the runners from the other side(no idea if the tubes will fit interlocked).
Many engine tuner has found out that hard edges rough pathways helps mix fuel and air great progress on build.
I'm curious about the airflow readings later! :D Thanks for a great video
all the work ive seen on this build is amazing...
That all actually turned out decent- considering all the hurdles you had to overcome.
This is the true privateer of car builders. Minimal tools. Building everything himself!
Radiusing every corner in the inside would work wonders for flow and power.
I really admire your work. Under your courage I bought and rebuilt a M113k engine too. I can work with stand alone computers. In case you need help, let me know. I will Install Emtron kv8 for my M113k. There isn't much tuning method for m113k stock ECU. Besides you will need many race function, such as anti-lag, flat shift...... so it is not possible on stock ecu. Maybe another way is find a LS ECU match the trigger signal, maybe cost effective, but also lacking so much function. at least u need turbo controller wide band etc.......which also cost some money.
I would take a round pipe that is half the width of the rear of the intake manifolds do cut it in half, cut everything off the back of the manifold and weld the half pipes to form an air foil in the shape of an M, think McDonadls arches to split the air and direct it to the 180 degrees around the corner instead of the air hitting those flat surfaces and having to redirect at two 90 degree angles. I'm not sure if I got my point across but think of the air as fluid and the fluid would move easier around a half circle than hitting two flat walls. Good progress though, keep it up
great content. i am actually preparing a build myself, not quite as ambitious as you. i am starting out with a smaller project. single seater 800cc V4 honda turbo charged mid engine with 1.63 rear differential. i have only made some drawings and scavange stuff but your videos helped a lot. i may put my process on youtube as well! thanks!
Just upload anything, I will watch everything 😊❤️
To make velocity stacks, how about using some large diameter tubing, cut into quarters, along each side of the intake port. Mitre the corners. It makes a reasonably easy cutting and welding job
The work you do is fantastic. Listen to the nay-sayers, but with a pinch of salt. My greatest critics help me grow.
The fluid dynamics of the manifold will hurt power consistency.
Add a plenum link on the front of the plenums. +- 25mm in diameter as a bolt on.
Keep at it. 😮😊
remember the old welders adage:
“A grinder and paint make me the welder I ain’t”
Technically the ridges you left can create some turbulence that helps create a better fuel mixture.
Put a ramp at the leading edge of the radiator exhaust opening up top to increase negative pressure area. You will literally be sucking the air through the radiator at speed.
I love that its just proper good old school build. No bullshite drama from wankers "buying the cheapest on the internet"
Sloppy Mechanics to the 10th Power!!!
I love it 🥰
Get er Done ✅
I'm not sure if you've mentioned this somewhere but how did you learn to do this? What's your career? Really amazing build btw, can't find anything else on UA-cam like it
Awesome video as always! I cant tell you how excited I am to see this finished. Wish I could see and hear it in person! Also I'm pretty sure the e55 shares the same intake manifold pattern with the NA e430. Any reason you didn't go that route? Yours definitely looks cooler though hahah
Also yes I would love to see all of that other content!
If you have diagnostic screen setup in your car and hit the NoS it'll start flashing "Danger to Manifold!" 😂 maybe that's what Fast and Furious 1 was going for Lol
STOP AND THINK !!!! All you need to do now is take a TIG torch and reflow your welds !!! You can make them perfect if you take your time and be careful. Good luck... with 2 turbos there will be a lot of pressure in that manifold and epoxy is not a long term fix.
I was thinking the same, that or at least use an aluminum brazing rod to fill in the spots he can't weld.
@@sigmaprojects Just flow it nice ! Practice on some scrap...clean it real well and Bob's yer uncle! At 15 PSI I don't know how well that thing is gunna hold. Everything aside...that is one kickass manifold for being thrown together!!!
@@danielweinbaum yea definitely interesting for sure. He probably would have been better off milling out for the tubing to go through the manifold plate to make welding easier and then mill it flat since he has the tools.
When u said u might blow the welds off the intake, I believed it for a second... Ive been had!
Hey @SK8215, great video! In regards to your speed control issues for your spool gun, look into using a speed controller from a model train. I sounds silly but it is actually a very effective method. TIG is a great process but it is so expensive and time consuming that it's almost never the best option, hope this helps and good luck!
God i was dying for this video. Great work mate. Keep it up. Waiting for the next one already.😀😀😀
Like quite a few things in this build, I'm not saying it won't work, but the square into the ports and the steps you left in the base plates are like throwing socks in your intake ports. I would also have a ballistic blanket over your bellhousing as well. I'm concerned about the concentricity of that adapter.
Since I'm a little on the lazy side, the first thing I would have done is measure the intake port arrangement to see if another intake could be modified to fit, like a Ford GT Coyote intake. There probably isn't one suitable, but I would have tried that first.
I suggest to get a hold of some soldering rods that don’t leaves and bead. This way you will have plenty of room for the injectors.
Alumaweld from Harbor Freightis a magical thing.
As always my fav channel 👍
For those vacuum lines, won’t you get a higher pressure reading because the air coming in stagnates when it hits the back of the plenum? Bernoulli’s. I think you’d get more accurate readings if they were moved out from the path of high velocity air coming in
Have followed some of this build and enjoyed so far. Is there any reason you are not milling/planing the head to intake mating surface? I wasn't going to say anything until I heard you mention the 100 shot of N0S. Looking forward to seeing more.
You should definetly do more content to upload alongside the esl project. Would be nice to see something at the racetrack
I’m sure you know, but I would tape those ports while working on it...and I highly suggest getting a tig machine or take the parts to a welder along with the motor for fitment. No disrespect intended, your build blows my mind. I want to do a similar build but with a lighter weight drivetrain.
It's going to be minimum 390W/kg (stock m113 350kW/900kg) which is already more than top Ferraris and Lambos in stock.
With this much power the custom made body, suspension, transmission etc. will need a hell lot of tuning which will most likely be much longer than building the first running version.
Anyway, I can't wait to see it running!
I would happily have TIG welded this for you.
Look into klutch welders from northern tool. We have a Lincoln mig/spool gun setup at work and it's horrible to the point I'll take my personal klutch to work if I know I'm welding on aluminum that day. I don't think it's so much your doing anything wrong then the welder sucks. Only thing I can say to try different, if your not already doing it is to better prep the aluminum by using scotch brite and acetone to break the top layer of aluminum off as it usually has a coating that you don't realize is there and the coating will ruin your welds
Did you ever think about running the nitrous to spool the turbos or cool the heat exchangers? Doing so may solve your worry about blowing welds.
Invest in a tig welder. Lincoln welding would probably donate one in exchange for a review or ad. Lesser skilled youtubers have gotten free welders.
When I was single, I done cool stuff like this too! Hahahahaha
I love this channel!
Great work. Very inspiring.
I have a feeling you're going to be rebuilding the intake in a few months!
In the mean time it'll mix the fuel well.
When your manifold is a bit on the ugly side, spray it with wrinkle finish paint & wave a propane torch over it. That will hide just about anything.
As always another very informative video, thanks. Just curious why you didn’t just pick up a non K M113 AMG manifold and modify it, seems it would have been allot easier?
epoxy is not going to stick to aluminum. It will for a little while but eventually it doesn't stay together.
It looks like jb weld. That should stick just fine.
You have no idea what you're talking about. Epoxy is used in aluminum aircraft panel and structural adhesion. Look up Aeropoxy. Do some research before you puke out nonsense.
@@CORZER0 Yeah, go read how they prepare the aluminum. Stop puking out misleading info.
Amazing project, I watch loads of your films. Did you consider stripping a m113 naturally aspirated intake manifold, and using that? Looks like a possible to me
love your build. keep going
Are you cleaning the aluminum off with a stainless wire brush and acetone first? Needs to have the oxide scraped off to weld right.
Pretty sure as soon as you do a hit with a 100 shot those welds on the intake are going to blow just like you said. Heard about it happening before from a pretty solid source.
All that hard work the car looks great, but Jesus please redo that manifold 😳
I’m a bit late to the game here, but seriously impressive work on this car!
You need to clean the oxide layer off the aluminum before welding. If you dont it take 3600 degrees to weld and simply sanding of wire brushing the aluminum it drop to 1200 degrees. That will make it much easier weld especially with a cheaper welder
more content please:))) keep up with good work