FFIM on the cheap(ish)

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adampecush

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It is finally near completion. I was sick of seeing poorly welded mk4 and mk3 lower runners welded together in a mess of poor flow, so the next easiest thing was to make an adapter between a mk4 upper and mk3 lower. I started with a 3/4" thick piece of 6061-T6 Al (in retrospect, a softer Aluminum would have been a lot better) and the only machining done was general milling of the holes, cutting the general shape, and surface milling (the final step). All finishing of the holes was done by hand, which was somewhat time consuming, but not too bad. Overall, here was the cost breakdown:

$115 for the manifold (came with injectors, and several sensors which sold for ~$100)
$50 for the Al plate (still have a piece big enough for another adapter)
$60 for a Q45 throttle body.

This was done for a net cost of under $150 and a bunch of my time that I probably would have wasted anyway. Here are the pics (apologies for the cell phone quality)

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Cool...I will be doing the same with my mkiv manifold.

I shall machine the flange at my friend's machine shop.

Cheers,
Roy
 
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Would you be willing to make an adapter for me :D and how much would you charge me, you can PM me if youd like. thnx

p.s this is a 2j mani not a 1j right?

-saif
 
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Not even close to test fit. I still need to make an alternator adapter and throttle body adapter (and drop the engine into my car) before I test fit. I measured dimensions before making the plate, though, and there is plenty of room.

madsupra, yes this is for a 2j. It will take a pretty nice number to get me to build another of these...i wouldn't say it was overly difficult, just very time consuming.
 
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*raises hand* I'll buy if you make, I hate the 7m intake setup. adampecush you can make a damn good profit off this if you make some for us.
 
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good idea, i like it. i have even seen people turn the stock mkiii manifold into ffim by cutiing and welding an adapter to the front of it and welding an adapter over the hole where the throttle body did go. it doesnt look as nice as yours though. you could probably make a nice chunk of change off of those adapters.
 
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Looks good. The only problem is that the angle of the two manifolds is different so the 2J manifold will be cocked to one side. the only way to get the 2J manifold to sit right is to mate the lower runners which flows fine if you do a good job mating them together or if you machine the proper angle into you adapter. Looks good none the less and the price is right so good job :icon_bigg
 
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I'm considering throwing together a CAD file of the adapter - Because this one was a one-off i didn't bother, but if there is enough interest, i'll attempt to work some numbers out and see if i can get some made.
 
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Very nice Idea! Great implentation of K.I.S.S. :)
Surprised it hasn't been done before!

Are you going to wire in the 2J ISC?

Looking very forward to seeing installed / mock up pictures :)
 
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how are you gonna rig up the throttle body. doesn't the 2j tb open the opposite way? how are u gonna run the linkage? u gonna use the stock 2j tps and splice it in? wat are u gonna do about the other sensors?
 
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