FredR

Ed,

Nice job. The problem with the fit of the y piece on the MAF is easy to explain and quite understandable. The MAF and the Y piece are round but like most rounds things they are only rounds to certain tolerance range. If they are out of round in the same plane the piece will fit easily but if the out of roundness is out of phase by say 90 degrees they will struggle to mate up. I measured mine and found that the problem was with the y piece. I measured it a vernier with a dial gauge and with some wet and dry progressively eased the inner mating surface on the narrower plane over an arc of about 20 degrees until the y piece slipped on with little more than push. The piece itself is relatively flimsy being of a light wall construction and that is all it needs to be.

The only other problem I had was that after polishing, I found that polishing residue was still left inside the y piece so I cleaned it out. Knowing Roger he probably reamed the polisher and that quite possibly may not happen again.

The only other thing of note was that I thought that the inlet tubes were the same diamter each end and wondered why the piece would not fit- until I turned it around [Roger did not mention that in the instructions- probably because he did not bank on 928 owners being dumb asses!

I think it is an excellent piece of kit overall and well worth the $$'s.

Looks great as well.

Regards

Fred

Speedtoys

Ya..the tight-assed wedge fit into the AFM is fine with me..there are harder things to get perfectly round than that fitting the way its put together..but not many.

Ed Scherer

Thanks.

I've got the genuine Porsche motor mounts. I distinctly remember paying the big bucks for them a few years ago. I guess they're not collapsed yet.

I don't like the idea of the pieces being in contact with the hood, since the whole engine tends to rock a little when revved. Ideally, the plastic air tubes at the front would be the only part of this intake system flexing to accommodate the relative motion of the engine with the car body. As things stand now, with the Y wedged in like it is, what's going to give when the engine rocks? I'm guessing the rubber elbow under the MAF.

I should have checked my Y against a spare MAF before attempting to fit it in the car. I'm not at all convinced that there was an out-of-round problem; the tight fit I was talking about appeared to be more related to there being no room to get the Y maneuvered into position in-line with the MAF; I had to try to pull the top of the MAF forward, but it's actually almost right against the intake plenum, so it can barely be moved. The Y is completely wedged in there; bounded by the MAF on the bottom front and the cowl well at the back.

Mine (unpolished) came with a lot of crud on the insides of the Y, too. I cleaned everything up before I took it all to the powder coaters. Same as last time, they did a great job cleaning them up both before and after the coating job; I got nothing out when I tried to clean them when I got them back.

Speedtoys

I have the volvo mounts, and the soft tubes way up front..are in about 1/4" interference with the strut brace.

As far as hitting the hood...yes, initially it did..but..

Very slight angular adjustments at the soft connections from the Y, and then the 90d elbow..eliminated this entirely.

DO I think the OEM motor mounts are just..a better install-and-forget option for any cirucmstance..etc..etc..etc...sure.

But with the Volvo mounts...I got the EIS with them for the cost of Porsche mounts alone...and I can manage adjusting a few connections to work around the volvo mount clearance challenges.

Andy Kay

OK - I'm late to the party but mine arrived today. The "BLING" all started with the powder coated engine and if I get 10 RWHP and 12 ft/lbs of torque then even better!

Thanks Matthew Jade!

MjRocket

No problem my friend.

Hollisterkiid92

if only they had some for earlier 928:C

RFJ

Its pretty easy to buy thos parts off ebay and make it up yourself.not that I want to hurt Roger but if you can't get them any other way,ya know?

Hollisterkiid92

i wish i could, by any chance do you have on in your earlier 928?

928NOOBIE

Hear you Hollister Kid...would love a set up for my S3...

Adamant1971

I spoke to Roger a while back, and if I remember correctly he is not making these kits any longer. If he is I would buy one cause I'm just to lazy to source the bits myself.

ROG100

I stopped selling them for a number of reasons - the main one being clearance between the Y duct and the hood. Two extremes - collapsed engine mounts good fit - new Volvo engine mounts and the Y duct clashed with the hood. The different skill levels of customers meant lots of customer service calls that detracted from our daily business. Assembly time, increasing parts costs and long supply lead times made the whole thing counterproductive and frankly frustrating for me.
I would be happy to supply the parts lists to anyone wanting to put there own system together. However the Y duct at the MAF needs to be totally redesigned for additional clearance. The off the shelf Y ducts do not fit the majority of our cars. Also call Hans Servaas as he was thinking of putting one together.
This system fits 87 to 95 cars. We tried (with help from Jim Doerr) to produce a system for the early 77 to 86 16v cars without success. Basically not enough room.

Pierpressure

The P.O. Of my 928 installed your intake. I have been planning to replace the oil pan gasket and motor mounts in the near future. Should I go with a mount other than the Volvo if I want to keep this intake.

I get complements on the setup every time I open my hood and would prefer to keep it.

Adam

LostInSpace

I'll get in touch offline would like to buy the parts and acknowledge the possible fitment issue.

Would love to see this product available off the shelf again

Zimoludek

I checked the website and I don’t see it for sale.