EA81 intake HP manifold make in China?

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:32 am

Surely with the number of EA81's and two's around you'd think some enterprising dude would, somewhere in the world, be able to get a foundry in China to produce an affordable intake manifold that suits both 81 and 82 with installer to alter their thermostat hoses and positions and alternator fitment to fit a variety of carbies as in twins, Hitachis, webers etc

phantomD · Post by **phantomD** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:34 am

Well, you do it then!

Post by **TOONGA** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:04 pm

sorry but the viability of such an exercise would be lost on the profit now attitude of the Asian business man

unless of course some one is prepared to pay $XXXXXXXX dollars/RNB up front and then maybe recoupe said moneys over a course of perhaps never years

hang on I will get in touch with that nice banker from Nigeria who wants to send me all that money

it would possibly be cheaper to buy a tig welder and hand make each manifold per customer

all apologies for being a $h!7

TOONGA

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1111giles · Post by **1111giles** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 3:51 am

Yup, Gotta agree that the best way here would be to have a specialist fabricator make these to order / demand.
The kind of guys who do the bespoke motorcycle pipes would be ideal, wouldn't be cheap though!:(
Business opportunity here for someone.......??

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 5:26 am

I really dont see big gains in the intake manifold, unless you are gonna do a lot of work to the heads and exhaust.

Also, there is quite a science in making an intake manifold work propperly, if you dont get your calculations right, you could actually rob your engine of power