George Lendich wrote:

Paul and Jerry,

I've been thinking about these inlet manifolds and was wondering if
rectangular tubes made from flat sheet could be used without  too
many negatives.

The benefits are the bends would be so much easier to do.

The height would be maintained at the minimum for those with limited
over engine area.

The injectors would be OK side by side without needing to angle them
to the centre of the tube.

The negatives would be you couldn't use a round bellshaped inlet -
however a square one might be near as good.

I don't know how much the square corners (in the runners) would be
less efficient than a round tube - you would however have more volume
area.

Some suggestions on the negatives would be appreciated.
George ( down under)

Too much welding of thin sheet :)

Paul Lamar

Here is what it could look like with the retaining clips.

Paul Lamar

How far from the bellmouths can the injectors go before the spraypattern
will open up too much?
Or how far away is considered optimum?

Thomas J.

I have no idea. We are guessing about all of this. currently the design is partially
determined by what fits. We need a fair size plenum and we are limited in height.

We could go to the longer TWM air horns inside the plenum if that proved to be
a problem.

Paul Lamar
 
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