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just uploading them now, I only took a few as my battery died and charging my vape was more important!

we didn't even make it out of Derby before we all got split up 😭

just arrived home, a great day(maybe a little chaotic to start with, but we got there in the end) and really nice to put some faces to some names!!

really pleased for you Dan and the Good Lady, congrats. I really dont want your good work to go down the pan, I know I am brand new to the forum, but would be happy to lead if no one else fancies it...

nice one, cheers dude

Right, I am a real newbie here, so we need someone to lead this, any volunteers ?

Dude, get off here here and spend time with the Missus and your brand new boy, this **** can wait, we can sort something going forward, congrats to you both

awesome, can you bring tomorrow, its just for measurements, you can have it back when done?

also @NothernDan I have some info regarding larger MAF hosings, spoke with the subject mater expert at work, for our size throttle body, recommends 73mm true size diameter, so standard MAF housing. basic principles, drinking your Mc Donalds coke through a regular straw is easy, try drinking it through a toilet roll tube......

Awesome Dan, but you said your last update was your last update......

all clean, ready to rock!!!

Hi Pete Almost certain they can do that, I think they will be relatively inexpensive so I would probably do it to. Also the carbon intake im sure will be perfect, its just to gauge end points and given that its rigid is probably closer than a rubber/silicon hose

also if anyone has a inlet hose OEM or modified I could borrow for reference, that would be a huge help

making a bit of progress on this spoke with Roose Motorsport today who have confirmed they can manufacture the silicon elbows and can be produced to custom specification, different diameters, lengths, colours etc, if anyone is interested please let me know as this can have a pretty big impact on pricing

having owned a Sierra Cosworth and a M5 that constantly got black flagged for noise, the ISF is definitely on par, bring your ear plugs folks !!!

I presume the RR remap takes into account UK fuel?

Dan, my only concern with that is generally re-maps gain their power by optimizing for a specific fuel type, so from the factory they are capable of running all fuel types, uk, Euro, Federal, BRIC etc, American fuel is actually pretty poor compared to what we use in the UK, my guess would be that they optimise to US fuel, so not ideal

sorry spent too much time reading american forums, yes exhaust manifolds

Hi Dan, i would be looking to retain cats and the lambda sensors, so closed loop fuel will still function as normal, but to maximize any benefits a re-map is always going to be best

unfortunately this is pretty hard to to guess without simulation, each solution fully closed air box, partially closed air box and open cone all have their trade offs, The coldest air is always going to be that entering the car from the front, in a fully closed box you get a ram air effect, but you are potentially restricted by the inlet to the air box, dependent on routing and available space then if you consider that that the air box needs to be balanced to its induction rate, too big this will create still air which will be susceptible to heat soak too small and it will be a restriction (hence the standard box has a flap that opens above a certain RPM) .pretty much impossible to get this right without simulation. Partially closed boxes, address the issue of still air and restriction whilst in motion, but susceptible to heat soak when stationary. Open cone allows for the biggest, least restrictive filter to be fitted, but again susceptible to heat soak when stationary. So from my own learnings, induction temps on NA cars are far less critical than that of Turbo charged cars, a few years ago i was involved in an article with Fast Ford magazine where we did back to back dyno runs with my Sierra Cosworth, comparing the standard 4x4 intercooler, to a genuine RS500 intercooler and four other after market items , worst to best there was a 34 deg C reduction in temps (air charge temps on Turbo charged cars are much hotter btw) and only resulted n a 7 BHP increase, however it wasnt the intercooler that gave the greatest reduction in temps that gave the best power increase, it was the one with the best flow.giving 9 BHP, Given that the power related to temperature is so low and that heat soak is only really an issue when stationary or very low speeds, i will just be looking to produce the least restrictive solution. Dan, regarding the larger MAF housing, I too was considering an 83mm Dia, have you done any work to understand who in the UK could re-calibrate it?

So, two weeks in to ISF ownership, as some of you may have seen I am already looking into new exhaust manifolds, however as an engineer I am inspired to look deeper. There seems to be many claims from over the pond that changing the intake pipe from the air filter to throttle body give a few HP benefit, I work in induction and fuelling for a UK car brand, so would be inclined to agree that by removing the resonator and convoluted sections this would be of benefit on such a large capacity engine, but these will be negligible, I'm bothered about the sound! I do however need to question some of the claims from over the pond, as many of these claims seem to be based on apparent back to back dyne runs, but with little to no control between runs. I therefore am disregarding the views of our American friends (which is great as my girlfriend finds it so insulting) and so will do my own thing. Pre-divorce I spent a **** loads of money making a Ford Sierra go very fast, working with my tuner we tried numerous options of airbox configurations, however it was very evident early on that dyno figures were very different to real word figures and therefore open cone filters gave huge benefits in real world driving, with the exception of sitting in traffic, but my view is who needs for than 400hp to sit in traffic? So the plan, come up with a open cone air filter set up, that sounds awesome and deliver comparable performance, but sound better!! Will be updating when the GF';s parents deliver the bits!!

cold but dry, ill take that!!

awesome Dan, lets hope this new found sunshine lasts till the weekend!!

yeah engine breaking isn't amazing.... however 2 weeks in I have got the hang of the smoke machine!!!