hey guys just goin to posting some updates and pics of my ssim project..............kinda like sparks03max design, just with out the custom plenum design.......but so far so good, i cut the plenum from the runners up and just smoothed out everything, cant wait till monday so i can get it all tig welded, also with the new elbow should flow better than my current setup.........but not nowhere near like sparks design

 

It be nice to quantify the added flow using the MAF g/cc, for comparison reasons.

 

well i wont know untill im done with it.......should be the same as any ssim out but just flow alot better due to the fully ported runners and the elbow im makin for it

 

Take data now, and compare it when you're done

 

Nice, have fun with it... haha. Mine will be tested with stock cams at the 1/8th mile track, and with aftermarket cams on a dyno.

 

yeah i know......its like a huge jigsaw puzzle right now

 

yes, i finally get to weld my intake 2moro.....hopefully everything goes well

 

pics

 

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That

 

yeah im working on the pics.......going to make some pices of it while it is being welded.......

 

Should have taken pics of the porting and smoothing you did while it was apart before the welding!

 

In for dynos.

 

And the other.

 

 

hold ur horses....im working on it

 

 

ok guys i got pics.......
heres a link.....
http://s1129.photobucket.com/albums/...4/custom%20im/
im goin to take more pics 2moro while my elbow is being made

 

allright guys i got my elbow tacked onto the plenum, and the tb braket is welded to the elbow....hopefully goin to finish it and test it out 2moro!!

 

I take it you didn't get any pictures of the interior of the manifold when you were cleaning it up?

 

no my camera was dead when i was cleaning it up, and i didnt want to wait around,but i should have it completed today, but i did take some pics of the inside before i closed it all off.

 

well guys its finished......should be testing it out 2moro if the weather permits.........damn flooding

 

That's great to hear, btw it looks great

 

yeah im goin to take more pics of it today and it on the car........roads arent to bad so it should be fine for a field test

 

Yeah down for more pics.....

 

you have any more pics. those dont really show the detail of what was done. Looking forward to seeing this as i was thinking of tackling the same with a junkyard one. Let us know if it feels any better

 

nice job stepping outside the box with the project.

But i have to nominate this thread as the worst upkept thread ever.

 

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+1 We need detailed pics. I cant really tell whats going on in the ones you put up.

 

im sorry for the crappy pics, im uploading some more up right now.......i tries it out today, but i gotta go back and bend so intake tubing, kinda ran into a clearance issue, but so far the pics on there are just pics of it bein welded.......but i will try to get some more 2moro, i was in a huge rush cause i had couple air leaks that i had to seal and high school dont give that much wiggle room.....still gotta a lot of fine tuning left, but i should have the new intake portion done 2moro, then im goin to take more pics and sadlly enough didnt have a chance to really try it out cause southern ohio SUCKKKSSSSS and its starting to flood..........so hopefully next week ill will do some testing.......wish i had a way to tune my car though to get the full gains out of it

 

also it got rid of the famous whistle that we usuallly get.....sounds wicked though...

 

here so more pics.......http://s1129.photobucket.com/albums/...4/custom%20im/

sorry of the dark pics....it was dark when i got home from work and i tried to take a few pics of it while its on the car.......

 

hey now im workin on it......im was busy as hell today......i had to finish this thing, school, senior pictures, work, then i had to go to the store....no time what so ever to take any real good pictures....but i promise i will take a lot more detailed pics before i strip it down to be painted..

 

Not to hurt any feelings, but this project did crop up after my SSIM theory thread which was initially about putting a new elbow on the SSIM.

Looks pretty good, but the TB seems to be pointing right into the brake jumble. Were you unable to bend the pipe further and get it aiming the same direction it was stock?

The inside looks a little rough from those pics. Could have spent the time and gotten it perfect while you had the intake sawed in half since that's the whole reason you cut it in the first place.

 

i smoothed everything down on the inside with 320 grit...., but yeah it is where the brake lines are......but i got enough room to bend a peice of intake tubing, but if all else fails ill take it off and re angle the elbow again.....but sorry sparks for stealing your idea, just felt like experimenting with the supplies i had laying around, if i can get my hands on another im, then i will most def re do it, cause this thing was a huge experiment, and i believe that i can improve upon my design by a lot more.......its what i did for my senior project in high school and it has served it purpose well so far, but so far today was a field test.....if i got school 2moro then i will work out the lil problems in it....like the whole elbow almost hitting the brake lines. and a few small leaks..

 

Looking good so far, imho...should be nice when all done!

 

thanks, but sparks is right(when isnt he?) but i got a lot of tweaking left to do

 

allright guys its finished....i was able to get a piece of intake piping bent for it...fits good now, as far as power goes, its a lil better than my old ssim, but i need to retune my ecu cause its on a stock tune, but that can wait till the headers...ill take so more pics right now and start uploading them here in a few

 

Any new pics mounted on the engine. In to see how it is fitted and how the intake is situated. When you say you notice a diff in power is it eh or is it wow thats a pretty good jump?

 

well compared to my old ssim with no tune it feels pretty good, definate hp increase, i still think i need to get a eu with a wide band to get the full effects of this.....heres some picks of it on the car http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/...s/p9500363.jpg

http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/...s/p9500364.jpg

hopes this helps with the pics, if it wasnt still raining i would go for some more wot runs, but like i stated i still on a stock tune. but im goin to get my wideband and eu after i get my headers on