MAPerformance Ported Intake Manifold

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So the good folks over at MAPerformance did the porting and polishing (and coating) on an intake manifold I happened to have lying around.

If you haven't seen Jumpin Jackson's engine build thread (they did the porting on his too) with the flow results, you can see it here: My Forged Motor Build - Mazda6 / Atenza

Well, here's some pictures of something that is quite simply a work of art.

vvv The logo is welded on. Hides the cut/re-welded marks VERY nicely.


vvv Closeup of the porting done in the main chamber, taken through the throttle body


vvv Ports with thermal coating where it bolts to the head


vvv Closeup on the ports from passengers side to drivers side





vvv I'm going to be sending this spare head over to them... the IM is too pretty and they're gonna have to match...


And finally, a little bit about the guy that did the work (from their website)

"Our porting guru Bob Schreiber has worked on everything from NA applications to boosted nitrous applications, and from single cylinder recreational vehicles all the way to high performance super cars like the Dodge Viper SRT-10, and everything in between. Pulling from his education in fluid dynamics, airflow theory, physics, thermal dynamics, and his real world testing, he is able to bring us nothing less than the best porting and polishing solutions. Over the years he has developed custom tooling (unlike the competition) that allows him to port 'line of sight' and be able to get everything in a manifold even if it is a Viper intake plenum that is ~26" long!"

I'm very impressed. Socks is comin over to help me put this bad boy on, and after he sees it in person I'll have him post up his impressions too, even if it costs me a 6 pack of natty light.

Dynos soon.