V2Rocket

im looking at a 1.5L blower for my 2.5L motor...think theres any problems with this?

Vlocity

You'll see a little flutter toward the high RPM's and I think that's linked to my MAF being maxed out. I'll post my results after I install Tim's MAF donut.

Darien: Just wondered on the flutter if you had any additional thoughts?
I know in one of the other threads I believe on Carl's setup that there was some discussion that the "spark was being blown out" .

I was thinking about indexing my spark plugs in a "reverse" fashion.
Typically you want the gap positioned toward the on rushing flame front so that it can ignite it and so that the electrode dosen't block it. I was thinking that I might index the plugs at an angle toward the exhaust valve. To "protect" the spark.

Any thoughts?

Ken

Darien

Hey Ken,

I'm still uncertain about the flutter. I couldn't hear it while on the dyno and my AFR stayed right on 12.4. Tony had mention the spark possibility, but It'll be a while before I figure it out...I'm too busy ejoying the ride

Ralph Newman

Has anyone used stock intake gaskets with the Eaton M112. We're getting close to install and trying to sort out all the little stuff. Thqnks for the help.

Giovanni

I am running the stock intake gasket. Seems to be holding much better than the custom intake gasket it had before.

cfc928gt

Thanks for the help Gio. What did you torque the bolts to?

Bill Ball

I would keep the torque pretty close to stock (11 ft lbs). When I complained of rough idle, Andy has me try to torque these fasteners to 30 ft lbs! He earlier had prescribed 20. Well I started to get a bad feeling at about 22 ft lbs - the torque would not increase as I turned the wrench - you know what that means! Relatively small steel bolts or studs with nuts into aluminum is something to be very careful with. This was with the hard gasket. Since you guys have resolved the likely cause of the rough idle problem by further reinforcing the bottom with more spacers to maintain flatness and by having more screws added to better secure the bottom to the manifold outer walls, you shouldn't need much torque.

And thanks to Gio for his report on using the stock rubber gasket, something I was thinking of doing. As long as it has spacers so it won't crush, it should be OK. Gio, did you use the stock spacers?

Vlocity

I just purchased a quantity of compressed sheet material.

http://www.allstategasket.com/info_g...style-1500.asp

There's enough in the minimum order to make several sets of gaskets.

Let me know how the stock gaskets work out and if you decide that doesn't work, keep in mind that I can either make you a set or send you some of the material.

I just pulled my intake yesterday and plan to add a knock sensor if everything goes to plan.

Regards,

Ken

AO

Ken-

Thanks for that link. I've been looking for a source for that stuff.

Vlocity

Andrew:

Don't buy any.....I have enough extra material to last forever. PM me if you need some.

Ken

PS: This is the stuff that looks like linoleum. (Bill Ball's accurate description)

Giovanni

Bill, I did not use the stock spacers! . However I did use plenty of the "Right Stuff" which may be the reason it has not leaked (yet).

DR has the intake blocks when you doing RD on the intake https://www.928gt.com/pc-40374-10-to...cover-set.aspx. What if someone can do a cutoff on that so the stock intake gasket fits perfectly in the intake port cover. These could help to prevent damaging the SC intake when torqueing the intake bolts.

DR

If it will help and if there is interest I can supply versions of our silicone fiber reinforced precut gaskets, or I can supply aluminum templates so you can cut your own.

Bill Ball

Yep, that's the gasket material Andy used late in the development. Thanks for offering, Ken.

Shane

Now that is a nice gasket!

Bill Ball

Maybe I'm remembering the intake assembly incorrectly. I recall that there are spacers over the bolts and I figured they were there so that it is compressed only so far, perhaps so it can't get squeezed out.

A spacer around the gasket, as I think you are suggesting, would be better than bolt spacers because the belt tension on the snout could pull down the front of the manifold resting on a soft gasket. So, either a firm gasket, like DR's or the green sheet material, or some support around the stock gasket would be ideal.