Originally Posted by
-beefy-
not exactly a thorugh test though is it
test four manifolds only proves its the best of them 4 ,
what about the other manifolds on the market ?
theres the new mk motorsport one via streetracers , sitech do a modded pulsar inlet , garric44 aka crazycage and rick make an inlet , and iirc jamsport do there own version
thats not to mention the old escort rs16 i style plenums like what christian ran
now im not biased in anyway as i dont even run a zetec ,
but imo praising pauls inlet as the best isnt possible till its up against ALL the other options
it simply proved its the better of the 4 imo
beef
Quickly...the Streetracers one is for st170turbo and a one off, no good...they were asked
Jamsport don't have an on the shelf inlet, one off only...they were asked
Garric44 were asked, not enough time to make
Never seen RS1600i one used on a ZT engine.
I dismissed Pulsar, as i ran one, but i wanted as close to Ford applicable as possible...the problem with Zetecs, as mentioned in the copy, is they are bespoke engines. So loads can be used and where do you draw the line?
Ian was pleased and suprised with the results, the Area Six one and Jenvey do run similar parts, so no suprise they are close. I would have like to have stuck more boost through the Jenvey and Area Six one as then i'm sure it would be real interesting, but there is more risk of the figures being inconsistant and also, i feel the number of true 300+ Zetec owners is a minority, i wanted the test to apply to as many owners as possible. If i did a which ZT inlet best at 450bhp, it would only be of interest to a handful of owners.
I myself have taken the plunge and wiped myself out buying a Jenvey, they are foooookin amazing and will be the nuts for my package.
The test was a direct bolt on, bolt off job. NO tweaks to ANYTHING at all! Car never moved from the rollers during the test and all we did was monitor the AFR's for safety