MSTR MR9

I want to get my intake manifold ported by buschur, and was wondering how hard it was to take the manifold out and to put it back in. I have searched adn there arent any install how to's on doing it. Any advice and help would be appreciated. Thanks Alot

dsevo

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I've been told it's a *****, and the bolts on the bottom are tough to get to, but I'm sure it's doable.

4TUN8

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Pretty pointless to do at your modification level.

20lbsboost

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Yeah, i was wondering why you would get manifold without even a fuel pump or something more than BPU

Ryu123

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Aside from the bling factor, I didn't see any gain from it on the dyno. Its not too hard to remove but you will have to pull on the turbo/hotside toward the front bumper so the manifold can be released from the studs coming out of the block. Remove the bolt (from the bottom) on the O2 housing bracket to make it easier to pull the turbo/hotside forward.

Silk

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Intake manifold, not exhaust.

Ryu123

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My bad

blindclown

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Why would this be pointless? Not disagreeing with you, but if he ported the manifold, and got re-flashed, are you saying this won't yeild any positive results? I'm wondering cause I was thinking about doing this, and I have a similar setup.

nutrulz

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I think the point being is that there is a lot of other mods that could be done that yeild many more HP for a lot less work

Mekanic

+1, the only reason to port a stock manifold, or replace with a sheet metal one is if your throwing more air into it than the stock can handle.

Unless your running an upgraded turbo, your stock manifold is fine.

4TUN8

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People are going 10s on the stocker, so with only very basic upgrades why do all of that work and that much money?

Much like swapping intercoolers, it might help but probably not worth the time or money at that power level.

Kee1pride

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I'd have to agree with him to be honest. Thats really not a modification you do until you need more flow. Its really not something done until you're throwing something like a gt35r in.

If you're dead set on it though, good luck.

I'd really REALLY recomend you get alcohol and cam's first. You'll be much better off, have much more gains.

Work on doing the little inexpensive stuff that has the most gains first.

bluebanana23

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yep, alky and cams are the next step

RogueSTi

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The stock intake manifold flows very well. If you go with a larger turbo then you will need a manifold with shorter runners and larger plenum. "porting" your stock intake manifold will only yield miniscule torque gains.


Now, if you already have the manifold off for some other modifications, then getting it ported may help a little, but not worth the hassle for a couple ft lbs.

MFactor

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Exactly.