[pranavt]

Originally Posted by v1p3r

I don't understand the sarcasm. He's done a 13.3x run, and it's soon going to be a 12.xx run. That's no mean feat for an Indian 1.5. I think we should just appreciate the effort put in by the owner, tuner and team behind the car.

Absolutely.

Originally Posted by ssjr0498

Hi,

First and foremost, he aint running a "D" series engine to be precise.

Of all things, pedantry?

Originally Posted by ssjr0498

Secondly, please dont get me wrong, but, I guess you need to upgrade your knowledge"intake" by a big big margin. I am sure you would not have commented in that fashion if you knew that a "FEW MM's" changed in ur intake system can give/take some serious amount of juice to/from your engine.

Dude, it was a joke. Regardless, thanks for the advice, I will upgrade my intake (of) knowledge. I do not know that the varying the length, diameter and shape of intake runners can move the powerband around (like increasing the diameter and reducing runner length shifts the powerband higher up and vice versa, law of diminishing returns still applicable) will make sure to study it.

Originally Posted by Ford Rocam

It might look ugly pranav, but infact its a very smart move by an ace tuner. I am sure he wont be running any air filter in between, the intake is facing at front of the vehicle so when car is at speed the air is forcibly inducted in to the intake thereby increasing amount of CFM going in to engine & more power. since its a drag race, every bit of cfm is important.

At the risk of sounding like an armchair critic, (since the owner is not looking for throttle response during the drags,) don't you think a better place to have the intake would be either through the front bumper or at the top of the hood where it meets the windshield, owing to the fact that those 2 zones are at a much higher pressure than the middle of the hood? The height of that intake probably invites the high-pressure air, so it might be moot, but still.

[furioussphinx]

Here are another three.

[v1p3r]

Originally Posted by pranavt

At the risk of sounding like an armchair critic, (since the owner is not looking for throttle response during the drags,) don't you think a better place to have the intake would be either through the front bumper or at the top of the hood where it meets the windshield, owing to the fact that those 2 zones are at a much higher pressure than the middle of the hood? The height of that intake probably invites the high-pressure air, so it might be moot, but still.

Front bumper is too far away from the intake. Velocity will drop by the time the air reaches the throttle body.

The back of the hood, where the windshield begins, is BEHIND the throttle body. The airflow will have to reverse in direction, which would pretty much negate any effect.

Here's a pic I took. This is currently my wallpaper.

[foby.sebastian]

Originally Posted by furioussphinx

Here are another three.

Awsome snaps mate , BTW good to see a Kerala registered Merc there in Hydrabad

[bigmoose85]

Originally Posted by foby.sebastian

BTW good to see a Kerala registered Merc there in Hydrabad

They came on Sunday evening. Hung around for some time and left.

[pranavt]

Originally Posted by v1p3r

Front bumper is too far away from the intake. Velocity will drop by the time the air reaches the throttle body.

The back of the hood, where the windshield begins, is BEHIND the throttle body. The airflow will have to reverse in direction, which would pretty much negate any effect.

Here's a pic I took. This is currently my wallpaper.

The fact that he is going against the wind means that the direction of air will have to reverse anyways. Secondly, and spare my ignorance about his build, but if he is still running the stock OHC manifold (his intake is leading to the centre of the hood, which is where the TB of the OHC is located) the air is probably doing amazing gymnastics just to get into the cylinder in the first place, and would negate the argument of velocity as the crap IM kills velocity more than any restrictive intake.

Does anyone have more pics of the hood?

[fieroid]

That hood projection was initially planned for a new intake system which was for Ramming in a controlled manner and the contraption would pop over the engine bay (hence the projection on the hood). However with lack of time, it was not done. Its however true that, this will cause a reverse flow since, the intake was not facing the opening given on the hood. Effectively this will run like its running without a bonet lid . What matters most is that the car improved its time and whatever said, the car was faster.
Lets just respect the concept and the attempt in the right direction. I'm sure, the next drag this car will be a killer.

[pulsar56]

Managed to compile the timings list for 4 wheelers from APMSC site for archiving here.


DQMD_4Wheelers_Timings.xls

[v1p3r]

Originally Posted by pranavt

The fact that he is going against the wind means that the direction of air will have to reverse anyways. Secondly, and spare my ignorance about his build, but if he is still running the stock OHC manifold (his intake is leading to the centre of the hood, which is where the TB of the OHC is located) the air is probably doing amazing gymnastics just to get into the cylinder in the first place, and would negate the argument of velocity as the crap IM kills velocity more than any restrictive intake.

Does anyone have more pics of the hood?

The intake is not stock. First thing on the Indian Vtec is to replace the intake manifold with a D series OE or aftermarket manifold. This car runs an Edelbrock.

[Cyrus43]

Clear Case Of Substance over Style. That City looks Menacing. Really Really Menacing.

[pulsar56]

More Pictures:

[pulsar56]

Next Set:

[pulsar56]

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[Ravveendrra]

Thanks Pulsar for the pics and the timing sheet compiled by you.

Any more pics coming?

Cheers,

[syedhafeez]

Few more pics from my side.