30-05-2012, 01:53 PM
Great discussion guys! Really loving the passion you guys have for this kind of 'shit'.
After trying the manifold on my beloved car which made it spit and fart gave me two choices;
Return everything back to standard (free)
2. Fork out for standalone management ($)
I felt very nervous about running it not knowing if I was causing undue stress or wear/damage to the engine.
Professional opinions on the cylinder head inlet ports on the xu7 have been that they are"tiny". My opinion when I took the manifold off was that yes they are smaller than the RS head but didn't look very restrictive.
The throttle body on the other hand is about the same size of one of the intake ports!
This makes me think that using the gti6 mani, throttle body and injectors with standalone managment properly mapped would make considerably more hp on a standard head.
Don't some other models use Bosch management like the xsara and 406? It may be an easy way to remapping with the mani conversion.
After trying the manifold on my beloved car which made it spit and fart gave me two choices;
Return everything back to standard (free)
2. Fork out for standalone management ($)
I felt very nervous about running it not knowing if I was causing undue stress or wear/damage to the engine.
Professional opinions on the cylinder head inlet ports on the xu7 have been that they are"tiny". My opinion when I took the manifold off was that yes they are smaller than the RS head but didn't look very restrictive.
The throttle body on the other hand is about the same size of one of the intake ports!
This makes me think that using the gti6 mani, throttle body and injectors with standalone managment properly mapped would make considerably more hp on a standard head.
Don't some other models use Bosch management like the xsara and 406? It may be an easy way to remapping with the mani conversion.