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Old Sep 19, 2003 | 08:28 AM
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I'll get pics of the manifold design up soon. You'll see the difference in intake runners.
Old Sep 21, 2003 | 01:54 PM
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Here's what you'll need for the swap minus the throttle cable.
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Old Sep 21, 2003 | 01:57 PM
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Here's a shot of the runner difference. Pic's a little fuzzy, but you get what I mean...
Old Sep 21, 2003 | 02:02 PM
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The FD upper intake has an idle control valve on the side of it's upper intake manifold, where as the Cosmo 13B does not. However, the 20B throttle body has an idle control valve on the throttle body. This setup seems as if it may work. Here's pics of both.
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Old Sep 21, 2003 | 02:04 PM
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Here's a pic of the inside of the upper intake manifold.
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Old Sep 21, 2003 | 02:06 PM
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and here's a comparison on the length of the overall manifold w/ throttle body and throttle body elbow. It is much shorter than the FD, but it will fit with the stock oil filler neck just fine. I didn't have an FD throttle body and elbow handy at the time of this picture, but it speaks for itself.
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Old Sep 21, 2003 | 02:14 PM
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The 13B Cosmo throttle body elbow is made of aluminum, so it can be cut to length if need be and tig welded for whatever angle you'll need. I don't have P/S so I will be using 100mm aluminum piping going to it from the intercooler.



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Old Sep 21, 2003 | 02:15 PM
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Sounds like a pain in the ***. What kind of gains are you expacting to see?
Old Sep 21, 2003 | 02:22 PM
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lots of top end power. Not necessarily a pain in the ***. Just need lots of prior planning...which I've already done
Old Sep 21, 2003 | 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 93 R1' date='Sep 21 2003, 11:15 AM
Sounds like a pain in the ***. What kind of gains are you expacting to see?
lol.. after this 20B swap that's a walk in the park...



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