Intake plenum and 911 throttle body

[rfuerst911sc]

Hey Ben what's the possibility of making intake manifolds that are sized like the 996 but with the bolt pattern of a 986 ? The increased size of intake plenum and throttle body would be enhanced by the larger runners of the 996 . And by making the mounting foot print the same as existing 986 eliminates the drilling of the heads . Just a thought to expand your catalog of parts

[Robert986]

Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

Hey Ben what's the possibility of making intake manifolds that are sized like the 996 but with the bolt pattern of a 986 ? The increased size of intake plenum and throttle body would be enhanced by the larger runners of the 996 . And by making the mounting foot print the same as existing 986 eliminates the drilling of the heads . Just a thought to expand your catalog of parts

I had the exact same thought, just two thoughts on this topic:

1) On the 996 intake there are aluminium "runners" 99611010152 between the plastic part and the engine, I honestly don´t understand why, however, a custom intake would then need to cover also the alu part to get the 986 bolt pattern. Actually, to adress the bolt pattern issue only the 99611010152-part with custom bolt pattern would need to be made.
2) I think that the "real" issue with the 996 intake is that it does´t fit in the bay without lowering the engine quite a lot.. So if this could be adressed while maintaining the flow characteristics of the 996 part you would have a winner!

Quite a big/complex part to manufacture i guess..