Re: IA's "custom" intake manifold for 20v turbos...

[Todd Phenneger <phen9461@uidaho.edu>]

On Mon, 13 Sep 1999 OorQue@aol.com wrote:

> Could be ... the July, 1995 issue of Volkswagen Audi car has photos of both 
> the RS2 engine compartment as well as the engine compartment of MTM's 428hp 
> RSR, if anybody wants to compare photos of the two.

	Can you scan them and send out copies.  I dont happen to have a
95' copy of that mag sitting around. :-)  Only if its not to much trouble
though. :-)

> >  Maybe MTM did the same thing.  Copied an already great OEM manifold.
> MTM designed their manifold well before the RS2 was even conceived ... 1991 
> or thereabouts, as I recall.  They also did the development work for the 
> engines SMS used in its "REVO" Coupes back in '92 ... I'll try to dig out the 
> article about those cars tonight and see which intake manifold they used.
> 
> As for whether MTM copied anybody else's work, this strikes me as unlikely 
> since they seem to be the folks that the "other people" turn to for their R&D 
> expertise.

	I think you have a point, but who is to say that AUDI didn't
already have the RS-2 manifold developed for some reason and that MTM got
a glimpse of it.  Or that Audi copied MTM for the RS-2 manifold.  Who
knows. 
L8R
	Todd