Intake manifold design

[mitch_04]

I should point out a few things. First, my recent "theory" thread are largely due to the fact that I just got out of nasal surgery and I am basically bed-ridden for a few days. Next, the intakes I have been thinking of are mostly on inline engines, not the V8 style, although airflow is airflow.



Astro, I read a book by David Vizard that spoke quite a bit about airflow and some of what you are saying is "linking up" with what I've read. Although it's on 2 different parts of the engine, it's still having the same affect. It was a book about cylinder head porting (although it hardly touched on the porting) and design. He had a few interesting ways of measuring airflow in cylinder heads that could probably be translated to an intake manifold.

Something tells me I need to make more engineering friends...kind of tough in a town of 1300 people 2 hours from anywhere! Does anyone have any good links to websites that could help me out with understanding fluid dynamics and the like?