What is the purpose of the intake manifold brace?
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I'm willing to bet the rigidity of the IM stays the same with or without the brace.
never heard of any failure directly related to it, and im sure more than 50% of the m.net members have their brace removed.
never heard of any failure directly related to it, and im sure more than 50% of the m.net members have their brace removed.
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anyone measured the amount the intake manifold moves relative to the block at all RPM conditions? because it probably does a little. And aluminum SUCKS at fatigue resistance. just a mm or two of shake will break stuff fast.
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the dsms have a very similar brace which i removed from my car with no issues at all, however my buddy removed it and his manifold literally fell off during a hard launch.
i think the only difference was that he had his coils mounted to the manifold like they are stock and i had cops. maybe the extra weight on it did it? it left the flange on the head and was hanging from throttle cable and plug wires.
i think the only difference was that he had his coils mounted to the manifold like they are stock and i had cops. maybe the extra weight on it did it? it left the flange on the head and was hanging from throttle cable and plug wires.
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And 99% of m.net members don't drive their cars hard enough for it to matter. 99% of the members here, too, for that matter. If you routinely rev your motor past 7000rpm, I'd have that thing in. I don't, but only because it doesn't fit.
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the dsms have a very similar brace which i removed from my car with no issues at all, however my buddy removed it and his manifold literally fell off during a hard launch.
I think the only difference was that he had his coils mounted to the manifold like they are stock and i had cops. Maybe the extra weight on it did it? It left the flange on the head and was hanging from throttle cable and plug wires.
I think the only difference was that he had his coils mounted to the manifold like they are stock and i had cops. Maybe the extra weight on it did it? It left the flange on the head and was hanging from throttle cable and plug wires.
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K. If you drive your **** hard, leave it in.
So everyone here, go ahead and take it out.
And how do you not see a correlation between the intake manifold brace and those bolts backing out? Leave the engineering to the engineers, not your puny little brain.
So everyone here, go ahead and take it out.
And how do you not see a correlation between the intake manifold brace and those bolts backing out? Leave the engineering to the engineers, not your puny little brain.
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BTW - Like I told Sav, I'm not an engineer, or an engineering student, or anything like an engineer. I don't think that makes my brain "puny", kthx.
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Be careful with the intake manifold spacer and no brace. I ran this way on my NA track car. After a lot of abuse on track, three of the intake manifold studs broke, the intake started to suck in air and burned out the #4 piston.
I am now running with the stock intake gasket and the brace. The engine really moves around a lot at 7,000 rpm.
I am now running with the stock intake gasket and the brace. The engine really moves around a lot at 7,000 rpm.
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I suppose there could be a resonance, hadn't thought of that. Is the theory that Emilio's TB screw backed out due to the sustained vibration?
BTW - Like I told Sav, I'm not an engineer, or an engineering student, or anything like an engineer. I don't think that makes my brain "puny", kthx.
BTW - Like I told Sav, I'm not an engineer, or an engineering student, or anything like an engineer. I don't think that makes my brain "puny", kthx.