The AI-generated cat pictures thread
#7702
I identify as a bear.
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Huh.
I honestly never realized that the Corvair used a cast-in-place log style intake manifold built into the head itself:
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Uneven fuel distribution, anyone?
Even the VW Beetle had a better manifold design than that. Note the smooth transitions and equal-length runners:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/insert-bs-here-4/32957-ai-generated-cat-pictures-thread-ewpsx.jpg?dateline=1328048530)
Seeing things like that makes me wonder how America hasn't been invaded and conquered by Burkina Faso yet.
I honestly never realized that the Corvair used a cast-in-place log style intake manifold built into the head itself:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/insert-bs-here-4/32955-ai-generated-cat-pictures-thread-pfyeu.jpg?dateline=1328048530)
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/insert-bs-here-4/32956-ai-generated-cat-pictures-thread-ihmj5.jpg?dateline=1328048530)
Uneven fuel distribution, anyone?
Even the VW Beetle had a better manifold design than that. Note the smooth transitions and equal-length runners:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/insert-bs-here-4/32957-ai-generated-cat-pictures-thread-ewpsx.jpg?dateline=1328048530)
Seeing things like that makes me wonder how America hasn't been invaded and conquered by Burkina Faso yet.
#7714
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Although that is a much more recent Beetle motor, the early ones had similar (crappy) heads.
You should feel sorry for me. I used to have to try to improve those heads in order to make my pile of a race car faster
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Later when I got out of it, I found out that everybody was cheating by opening up the intake manifold tube. They did so by forcing a series of ball bearings through them with hydraulic pressure.
So all my head work was in vain because I was using the stock manifold like a good little racer.
#7715
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The design of the intake manifold on that Corvair is just plain offensive. Several hard 90 degree bends, and the path is extremely unequal comparing the three cylinders in each bank to one another.
Later when I got out of it, I found out that everybody was cheating by opening up the intake manifold tube. They did so by forcing a series of ball bearings through them with hydraulic pressure.