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Old 12-23-2005, 12:21 PM
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Intake runner length

OK I am a little confused, I have always heard that shorter intake runners are better for high RPM hp while linger runners are much better at low RPM torque. Well I found an online pulse calculator and it said that for peak torque at 4000RPM I would need intake runners 35 inches long! That is way longer than I have ever seen on the streets, and that is a real high powerband, for 2000RPM (a more streetable peak torque) I need 60 inch runners. I know longer intake runners are better for fuel atomazation, and thus power, so is there any reason other than conserving space that causes us to use little bitty 8-12 inch setups? I guess the whole fuel atomazation thing is a whole post in itself, so I won't ask it here.
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