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Originally Posted by Jezza
Wow, I knew your car had some goodies, didn't realise it was this crazy!
Those underbody braces and lat arms are porn.
Good job, it must be great to have seen and felt all those changes to the car one by one.
Edit - very interesting modification of the intake manifold there. Did it make much of a difference? Any drawbacks?
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Thanks. Unfortuantly, I didnt get to really feel the mods one by one so to speak. Pretty much all the engine mods were done with the rebuild. And all the driveline mods were done in one foul swoop due to ratio/hub differences and the fact that to do each mod, means multiple times more labour. Because I am lazy, I just saved up all the parts for a few years, then bolted em all up over the last christmas/ new year break.
The intake mani may or may not be an improvement? When I bought the top feed TGVs (grimmspeed), I found that the match from mani to TGV was quite a large step up. All I did was port match the mani to the TGVs and try and contour it so it matched. I have absolutely NFI if this actually impoves flow.
But, I never really got the heads ported. The TGV to head was a nice smooth transition, so I didnt bother there. Plus, I have no idea how to make it better. If I was doing it again, Id go bigger valves, bigger cams, and put alot of work into flowing them. Right now, its just stock forester head castings, with a mild cam upgrade (kelford r199a i think) and supertech valves, which are the same size as stock. And upgraded springs and retainers.