Megane 2 GT 165
Before Christmas I won myself a used lower inlet manifold on ebay for 30€ including shipping from France.
Unlike I said on this forum before, I thought why not give portmatching a try anyway. So I went to the gamma (in UK probably like the common WallMart) and got myself some grinding bands for my Dremel. *yeah the inlet manifold finally meeted a dremel*
I didn't make photo's of the manifold before I began, but I measured it and the ports on the engine sides were 46x25mm. On the plemun side 46x26mm with a phat edge on them.
First picture I took was when I got three ports done. Left one is 50x29.5mm the one on the right is 46x25mm. The dark area around the right one is from dirt building up between the manifold and the engine. (size of the gasket)
The downside of using a dremel is that you spend lots of time grinding and nothing really is happening. Just before you fall asleep one port is probably ready. Also you can see the depth I grinded is due to the dremel.
as you can see the dark area is almost gone. Side of the port 50x29.5mm ^^^^
The plenum side ports had a big edge on them which I remove. The inner measurement was 46x26 and outer was 48x28. I smoothed the edge so the transition from plenum to lower inlet manifold will be smoother.
The finished manifold is now waiting for fitting. (probably within 2 weeks)
As you can see the manifold has a pin in it. In the middle on the plenum side (plenum side is the side closest to my meds
) I guess this is to make sure the port will match while fitting?
Anyway as soon as it is fitted I'll post my findings.
PS. sorry for the bad pics....used my phone.
Unlike I said on this forum before, I thought why not give portmatching a try anyway. So I went to the gamma (in UK probably like the common WallMart) and got myself some grinding bands for my Dremel. *yeah the inlet manifold finally meeted a dremel*
I didn't make photo's of the manifold before I began, but I measured it and the ports on the engine sides were 46x25mm. On the plemun side 46x26mm with a phat edge on them.
First picture I took was when I got three ports done. Left one is 50x29.5mm the one on the right is 46x25mm. The dark area around the right one is from dirt building up between the manifold and the engine. (size of the gasket)
The downside of using a dremel is that you spend lots of time grinding and nothing really is happening. Just before you fall asleep one port is probably ready. Also you can see the depth I grinded is due to the dremel.
as you can see the dark area is almost gone. Side of the port 50x29.5mm ^^^^
The plenum side ports had a big edge on them which I remove. The inner measurement was 46x26 and outer was 48x28. I smoothed the edge so the transition from plenum to lower inlet manifold will be smoother.
The finished manifold is now waiting for fitting. (probably within 2 weeks)
As you can see the manifold has a pin in it. In the middle on the plenum side (plenum side is the side closest to my meds
) I guess this is to make sure the port will match while fitting?Anyway as soon as it is fitted I'll post my findings.
PS. sorry for the bad pics....used my phone.
