Reversed Inlet Manifold

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Rob Spec C

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This just popped into my head a second ago so here goes.

What do you have to do to reverse the inlet manifold on a scooby? Is the manifold a mirror image so you can just unbolt, turn around and bolt again? Or do you have to cut and weld the inlet centre piece? Obviously you need it plumbed in correctly but was just wondering about the manifold for the time being. :thumbsup:
 
Yeah I had my one done but a lot of hassle and really not worth it IMO.
 

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ya not worth it unless its a race car, alot of cutting and welding and i think you might need manifold spacers too and then customised intercooler pipe work
 
thats what i was wondering alright, didnt know if you could just turn the manifold around and work off it from there
 
I know its probably not worth the hassle, i'm just looking for the information on how to do it.

So its not a case of just flipping the manifold around? You have to make up some spacers to make it fit and then custom pipe work to match. Do you need the new spacers to angle the manifold downwards and so it still fits under the bonnet?
 
It is a direct 180 degree mirror... so you just unbolt and spin around. The later manifolds on.... I think..... V4 cars on have a slightly more angled throttle body mount which means you need to weld a metal wedge spacer onto it to angle the throttle body away from the bonnet and down towards the the front of engine bay.

You can also fit spacer gaskets under the manifold before you fit it to lift it higher so pipework from the turbo will still pass underneath it!!
 
when dave lewis done his he had to cut some of the bonnet support away aswell
 
it just reduces the length of custom pipework needed to connect to front mount intercooler....
might have perfomance difference with shorter pipes but alot of hassle and cost!!!
:ponder2: :ponder2:
 
I know what it does and i know there's cost involved, I just wanted to find out the info on it. If i did want to do it, I could get most of the expensive work done myself anyway but i'm only really interested to find out about it
 
Gonna reverse mine around and fit a front mount!!! Big hassle but nice little project for me and it'll give ma a chance to practise doing some alloy welding!! :dance:
 
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