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

["Aidan McLeer" <Rally3@nstate.net>]

For an RS2 manifold pic, Check out my web page. (under the RS2 badge)
There are 2 pictures of the motor and manifold


Later
Aidan

www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/6185

-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Phenneger <phen9461@uidaho.edu>
To: OorQue@aol.com <OorQue@aol.com>
Cc: quattro200@earthlink.net <quattro200@earthlink.net>;
quattro@audifans.com <quattro@audifans.com>; rallyquattro@yahoo.com
<rallyquattro@yahoo.com>
Date: Monday, September 13, 1999 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: IA's "custom" intake manifold for 20v turbos...


>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
>