How do I ID a 50mm intake

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: C Boyko [mailto:roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca]
>>Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 8:50 PM
>>To: Jim Ruffi
>>Subject: Re: How do I ID a 50mm intake
>
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>>IIRC the OD on the 50 mm is 60mm on the long part of the runners, whereas
>>the stock one is 50mm OD. I'll send you a pic of mine, there is a taper
>>towards the back, where the stock ones are more straight. Mine happens to
>>have a "born on date" disc on the front too, but I've seen them without.
>>Yeah, the car's pale blue, we got that colour on the 16V here!
>>
>>--
>>Cathy
>
> Thank you all for the speedy reply.  The good news is that I found my
> long-misplaced metric caliper.  The bad news is that it revealed the
> intake
> runners to be ~ a hair under 50mm.
>
> The manifold is powder coated black, so at least it's pretty :-)
>
> No use wondering about the intake cam, I guess...
>
> Since I have the fat exhaust, I'll add the intake and cam to my wish
> list..
>
> Jim
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>
I wouldn't rule out an upgraded cam even if the intake manifold's stock,
some people prefer not to go with the bigger intake manifold because it's
pricey. The combo I have bumps the peak power up about 1000rpm, some
prefer it down lower anyway. And powdercoating is on MY wish list! So is
summer.

-- 
Cathy
"It's not the result of when you get there, it's  everything that can 
happen along the way" (some surfer dude on the Discovery Channel)