tooter's manifold adventure...

[malibuguy]

Well worse case scenario ill use an aem dry filter. I used a 2.5" vibrant filter when i fab'd the intake on my old xB...but it had a nasty internal lip to reduce it to 2.5" from 3"...friggen joke. I gave that filter away when i traded that in for the Yaris

[tooter]

I just emailed the ebay seller to find out for sure as I'm really curious about that.

[Viperoni]

Originally Posted by tooter

Interesting...

Looks like they tried to make the runners as long as they could by rotating them 90 degrees counterclockwise around the axis of the exhaust exit...


What a deal... for just eight. Does that include free shipping? I'll take the Weapon R for two.

And the runners are still a bit too short to do anything very useful, but they're not far off. The problem is the downpipe mounts so close to the motor it's almost impossible to make a smooth & straight header that's long enough.

[blacksandiegovitz]

Ok went from intake manifold project to talking about headers and velocity stacks...

[tooter]

Originally Posted by Viperoni

And the runners are still a bit too short to do anything very useful, but they're not far off. The problem is the downpipe mounts so close to the motor it's almost impossible to make a smooth & straight header that's long enough.

You're right. It needs to be like this Yaris Weapon R header to make a real difference...

[tooter]

Originally Posted by blacksandiegovitz

Ok went from intake manifold project to talking about headers and velocity stacks...

I'll be sure to let you know everything that happens on the manifold project. I'm getting a baseline dyno on Thrusday and will post the results here.

[tooter]

Just read the old 2008 thread on Richard Holdener's intake manifold...



Over the last 4 years it appears like there has been a constant string of obstacles and setbacks which have prevented anyone from being able to produce a better intake manifold than the one which is already on the engine.

In the light of what I've just been reading, makes it extremely unlikely that my Yaris is going to run any better with a jiggered 14 year old Corolla manifold on it, even though I'm already into the project for about $1,400 and just getting started!

Nevertheless, I'm going to find out, not to arrive at some goal, but just for the personal enjoyment of following my own uneducated interest in flow design. I like to follow my own intuition just to see where it leads me, and I'm happy to share the details of every event as it unfolds with all of you.

[xnamerxx]

Originally Posted by tooter

You're right. It needs to be like this Yaris Weapon R header to make a real difference...

Just figure out how to import this exhaust to the states.

http://www.kansaiexhaust.com/product...ction=category

[tooter]

There's no need for importing another long runner Yaris header when that Weapon R pictured above is already available right now on ebay for only $245 including shipping.

[vten]

what's the difference between that 2 pc weapon R header than the one you have, Tooter ?

[Viperoni]

Originally Posted by tooter

You're right. It needs to be like this Yaris Weapon R header to make a real difference...

That looks to be an incorrect stock photo - here's the link to the only Yaris header on Weapon-R's site: http://www.weapon-r.com/index.php?ac...product&id=607


The Kansai exhaust header is more or less what mine will look like.
Except that one is made with crush bent tubing, such a shame.

[Viperoni]

Originally Posted by tooter

In the light of what I've just been reading, makes it extremely unlikely that my Yaris is going to run any better with a jiggered 14 year old Corolla manifold on it, even though I'm already into the project for about $1,400 and just getting started!

Nevertheless, I'm going to find out, not to arrive at some goal, but just for the personal enjoyment of following my own uneducated interest in flow design. I like to follow my own intuition just to see where it leads me, and I'm happy to share the details of every event as it unfolds with all of you.

[malibuguy]

That 2-piece WR header is for a k-series honda.

[cali yaris]

^ Correct. They never made it for the Yaris. IF there is one on eBay that is for the Yaris, it's made by someone else.

[tooter]

Yeah, I just took another look at that ebay auction. Scrolling down to the bottom, there's a disclaimer on the photo. They're just selling the short header #953-116-108.

So that leaves this Kansai 4-2-1 as being the only long runner header...



The ad says: "Call for Price".
100,000,000,000 yen.

[cali yaris]

Trust me guys, if there were a long header available from an existing vendor, it would be in my store.

[tooter]

Originally Posted by Viperoni

The Kansai exhaust header is more or less what mine will look like. Except that one is made with crush bent tubing, such a shame.

Wow... are you actually making your own header?

Do you have any pictures of it?

[malibuguy]

Ill be making one for mine too one day...its going to be a trick