gregrob Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 I'm thinking about switching from the prodesign intakes I have now to the white knuckle design w built in crossover. One less place to have an air leak. Is there any advantage or disadvantage to this design though? Both the built in crossover and the segmented openings in the manifold? I assume it's like that to help smooth out the airflow, but does it actually work or just cause a restriction? TIA Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregrob Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Then we also have the Chariot design with just 2 "segments" or whatever instead of 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregrob Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 and we have the straight through design like this, with no fancy design in the middle... Which is better, and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireHead Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 The white knuckle design is probably the best out there that includes the built-in crossover. If you run in an area that has alot of environmental variations (heat, humidity, altitude, bp, etc.) then you probably are better off with the cross over. If you run at a race track and/or are ok with some tempermental idle behavior at times then the non-connected manifolds are better. The geometric wizardry inside the manifold intake tract is crap.... If it does not match up with the reed cages you are running, then it hurts performance. :geek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooker82 Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Another option would be a boss racing intake. It has a big squar opeaning in the back instead of the round. Matche the vforce 3 reeds up with a set of cascades reed stuffers / retainers. I am on my black berry so I can't post pics. I have posted some pics before if you want to do a search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregrob Posted June 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 The white knuckle design is probably the best out there that includes the built-in crossover. If you run in an area that has alot of environmental variations (heat, humidity, altitude, bp, etc.) then you probably are better off with the cross over. If you run at a race track and/or are ok with some tempermental idle behavior at times then the non-connected manifolds are better. The geometric wizardry inside the manifold intake tract is crap.... If it does not match up with the reed cages you are running, then it hurts performance. :geek: Thanks, So a good option would be one with an internal crossover but without the fancy stuff in the intake tract. So just port that out smooth? and ideal would be internal crossover plus intake that matches your reeds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregrob Posted June 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Another option would be a boss racing intake. It has a big squar opeaning in the back instead of the round. Matche the vforce 3 reeds up with a set of cascades reed stuffers / retainers. I am on my black berry so I can't post pics. I have posted some pics before if you want to do a search. I'd be interested to see some pics when you can post them again. Do the cascade stuffers act as a spacer? I think I'll need a spacer when I get my carbs back from Kim with the billet bowls on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKheathen Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 the first ones look like they would cause excess turbulance, but the chairiots look like they would flow about the best. i'd love to be able to design my own :biggrin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoostedRex Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 What about the trinity stage IV intakes which have "built-in Diffuser channels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireHead Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 What about the trinity stage IV intakes which have "built-in Diffuser channels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanYE west Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 cascades stuffer and a stock stuffer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireHead Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Do the cascade stuffers act as a spacer? I think I'll need a spacer when I get my carbs back from Kim with the billet bowls on them. No, the Cascade stuffer replace the plastic part with the round hole in it, in the back of the VF3 reed cage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooker82 Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Here is the back side of the boss intake. I run it with the cascade stuffers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoostedRex Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I don't know where they gey the Indy car technology thing from............. Trinity machines a swirl pattern into the ID of the manifold (if I remember corrrectly). It doesn't do anything and there certainly are not Inday cars running around with anything like that. However, it probably doesn't hurt anything other than your wallet. It's not really a swirl, it's more like a recessed groove that goes in a straight line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooker82 Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I have a Tornado in each air filter :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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