BRZ 2017 Aluminum intake! MT6
 

So Subaru killed the plastic intake for a real aluminum intake for the 201MT6 only. I've been eye balling FBM intake for a year now to add to my motorbuild but Subi has really brought us MT guys an aluminum factory. I can see the factory plastic intake is pressed together and time will kill it sooner than later. MAP location is directly in front of the TB.

Subi knows MT6 guys are boosting?

Any thoughts? Go...

http://hanabi.autoweek.com/sites/def...?itok=vAXftx1K

Cool! Wonder the reason for the battery relocation.

The pic shows a RHD car. It gets swapped with the brake booster too.

Stupid me. Interested to see if there is anything to be squeezed out of these. I know Velox didn't have much luck with their prototype manifolds. MAP sensor has to be rescaled I'm assuming?

Depending on the cost I want one for my '13 but I would have to paint it black. I think the red looks awful lol

MAP is pressure sensor


MAF is air flow, its in same location


will be ok

Gotcha, wasn't sure how that worked. My line of thinking was that relocating the map sensor in a larger area would cause it to read low temporarily until the larger ID pressurized.

MAP sensor calibration in tune is just two numbers an offset and a pressure/volt .


like
bar/volt .833
offset (bar) .012


where the MAF you actually scale the sensor volts against air flow at a large number of points

I have a 2014 RH drive with the battery in the same location.

I know these are so new to market but has anyone been able to tinker with these yet? Zach or Drift office Bob maybe? : )

I got the local subi dealer have 1 on order for me. 3 to 4 weeks. Just over $300.

I wonder if the intake elbow swaps over too...

-Josh

Wouldn't this retain more heat than the plastic intake manifold? Are there reported failures of the plastic intake manifolds?

Plastic is more of an insulator so the intake charge might be less vulnerable to heat transfered from high under hood temps with plastic vs aluminum. With headers it gets hot under there. Proof is the outdoor temp gauge reads far above actual outdoor temp simply as a result of the sensor location in the front bumper area.

Whether this is significant...well, Subaru does employ a lot of engineers so I doubt it in most applications. It is a nice STI looking intake though and certainly one of the added appeals of buying the newest model.

The only negative I can think of with the plastic one is that some people might accidentally break off the clips on the intake cover when accessing the intake manifold inlet from the PCV while installing a catch can. I did, but made a little clip from stainless sheet metal and glued it in place of the broken clip.