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Old 10-01-2009, 11:37 PM
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Great intake manifolds
I hate to say that I did not do these, wish I could come close. But found it necessary to post up the link (hope the mods dont mind. Its to a drag racing forum, so I am taking the gamble)

Fit and finish is incredible. I dont think the guy has his own website, so here is a link to check out the twenty or so different manifolds and various bits that he makes

Aluminum TIG porn inside!


http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/sh...light=marcella
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Old 10-02-2009, 12:05 AM
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Man that is pure welders porn.......
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Old 10-02-2009, 04:38 AM
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That is art.....Mike
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Old 10-02-2009, 05:21 AM
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Man that is pure welders porn.......
Great post, always fun reading your stuff.
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Old 10-02-2009, 08:26 AM
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Wow, those are unreal!!
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Old 10-02-2009, 02:23 PM
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Seeing that actually made me a bit horny
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Old 10-02-2009, 04:18 PM
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beautiful.
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Old 10-02-2009, 05:26 PM
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Even my wife liked it (not to the point of some of us)
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Old 10-02-2009, 06:05 PM
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I am so conflicted on what to say about that. I dont feel like there is a proper way to express my amazement. That was almost orgasmic...
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Old 10-02-2009, 07:48 PM
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This guy is amazing. He has good hands, but the prep is something else. He has it to a science.
A real craftsman to be sure.
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Old 10-03-2009, 11:18 AM
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I think i creamed myself a little.
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Old 10-05-2009, 09:14 AM
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wow that is incredible, didn't think that kind of thing was possible, He is Fantastic
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Old 10-05-2009, 02:13 PM
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That guy can weld! I really think those intakes would look better if the welds were smoothed out - then they would look like one flowing piece, but not like a casting
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Old 10-05-2009, 02:49 PM
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It was amazing, then i realized I'm never going to be half the welder he is....I'm not half the golfer Tiger woods is also, so i guess its alright. i would consider buying one just to mount it in my garage or in the house just to look at.
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Old 10-06-2009, 02:21 PM
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not alot of guys building these manifolds out there who would take the time to weld and blend the inside of the runners....and it doesnt look blended at all!!! simply amazing....i mean there are people who can tig and im one of them but this guy can TIG!!!! i was proud of the manifold i built for my stang but it doesnt compare....thanks for that post
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Old 10-06-2009, 03:04 PM
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So now the real question. Since beauty is in the function, how well do they perform? My guess would be, nothing special. In fact some of the transitions from plenum to runner are kind of crude and unbalanced. I give it a 10 for looks, and a 5 for functionality.
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Old 10-06-2009, 10:43 PM
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i would say for their intended application they probably run good. In a drag car who cares how it idles as long is makes insane power.
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Old 10-06-2009, 11:31 PM
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Makoman,
I get what you are saying....but if it doesn't perform, who is going to pay big money for it?

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Old 10-06-2009, 11:32 PM
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I would have to say marcels manifolds run as well as they look !!!

The people that buy them would be bustin his balls if they didn't.

Simply amazing work.

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Old 10-09-2009, 12:00 PM
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Yeah I suppose for just a drag application its fine. Peak power is easy, getting running stability, emissions, fuel economy, decent torque curve etc is the hard part. At least from a design standpoint.
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Old 10-12-2009, 01:47 AM
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man those are beautiful!! I built one out of steel, but sold it before I was able to hear it run unfortunately.
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Old 10-13-2009, 01:27 AM
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So now the real question. Since beauty is in the function, how well do they perform? My guess would be, nothing special. In fact some of the transitions from plenum to runner are kind of crude and unbalanced. I give it a 10 for looks, and a 5 for functionality.
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Come on man, those are almost perfect manifolds. Have you seen what most oem manifolds look like. there pretty crappy on the inside and flow like garbage. his are smoothed and radius just fine on the inside.
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Old 11-10-2009, 09:00 PM
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Come on man, those are almost perfect manifolds. Have you seen what most oem manifolds look like. there pretty crappy on the inside and flow like garbage. his are smoothed and radius just fine on the inside.
i agree ..but his manifolds look great ,regardless if they flow or not his work is still an inspiration to me
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Old 11-10-2009, 09:26 PM
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WOW! I just stared, big-eyed, for some time at that. BYOOTIFUL!
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Old 11-10-2009, 09:32 PM
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Some amazing work, tig is truley an art form.
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