OK I got the burrs and grinders ready. Who has gone after this B18C1 dual stage "intake air bypass body" ? I am a dummy. Right up front I see too many squared rib lines and small plenum mouths. I thought I was looking at a bunch of hungry baby birds in a nest with thier tiny mouths begging for a morsel.
Somebody has ripped up this "bypass body". I am getting dumber. As an O2 molecule I keep bumping into all these busy ribs and I get frustrated and I just turn around and WHAM!! Pummel the molecule behind me. I get puch drunk and never make it to the intake valve. I'm just wondering around looking for "PARIS, TEXAS".
What can I do to this "bypass body"? Scientists and habidashers welcome to reply.
I want to resection the butterfly setup. Cut straight through all of them and fabricate a flip-bar that goes across all the openings. That way I can open all the lower plenums and when they kick in ..... watch out! I'll have me some short distance air allright!!
Thanks. robert f.

 

I wouldn't touch the secondary butterflies. Get a Skunk2 IM or something else but leave the stock one alone. It will most likely affect performance negatively.

And also...I want some of the shit you are smoking

 

:eek3: I think there was a question in there, but I got lost...

 

that's what I'm talkin about. The little air molecules get thrown around by these ribs that line the bbypass valve body. They get banged around and confused. I, also am confused by the entire apparatus. Where did these engineers want the air to go? How did they expect the air to flow? I only know one thing. Pressured air hates sharp angles. I'm just wondering if anyone has mangled thier dual stage IM and what was the outcome. Ohhh I'm going to take action. I donot care if I am wrong. I can't stand looking at this bypass do-hickey wall of inhibiting ribs and double small plenum openings.

 

You started early this year didn't you. :bandito:

 

here is my next consideration. The bypass valve body is apprx 1" thick. The cylinder head passes heat up through the plenums to this bypass valve body. There is a gasket between the plenum armature and the bypass valve body. Really,, can someone get a temp check on this bypass body. It has to heat to a hot iron temp, even with the gasket.
Now, why would anyone put a hot iron in the middle of the air stream? I thought we were trying to deliver the coolest air possible. Cool air carries more O2, right? So why place this 1" valve body in position to heat incoming air?? Does the dual stage benifit outway the overwork hot air condition it creates??
OK. I am trying to defeat the heat. I am stuck with a heat creating device in my air stream. My idea is to use space age material as gaskets. The gaskets that protect from heat sources. I know about the "special" gasket available to use between the cylinder head and intake manifold used to prevent heat from traveling up the plenums. Does anyone know if this spaced out material is used for plenum gaskets as well?? Or, is there a place where I can buy a sheet of this anti-heat material? I'll cut out the gasket shapes myself. All ideas welcome. I know I can give in and buy the skunky2. The dual stage rational is so ...so....noble. I have to find a way to give it some grit. Thanks.

 

I see what you mean now....just give in and buy a Skunk 2 manifold and then slap a Hondata IM gasket on there.

 

:lmao: at this guys writing style. I like it.

 

It is really entertaining. He is either on a lot of drugs or has a very vivid imagination.

 

those butterflies are there for a reason. if you insist on not having them, get a skunk2 or similar manifold and be done with it.