Originally Posted by
Neil@FastFord
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
well iam very surpised to read this as crazycages very own inlet manifold from his very own car was on ebay last week so i dont see why he couldnt of lent it out ?
the jenvey is the dogs bollocks and iam sure you would see a difference with the 70mm diffuser at a higher boost pressure but upto 500bhp the best inlet is ians and also this goes to show that just because you can use a product upto a limited bhp doesnt mean it cannot be improved upon by changing to a different designed inlet , a bit like use a cvh exhaust manifold arguement but thats another thread.
cheers paul