Broken KV6 Inlet Manifold

[Rockey5uk2001]

After a knackered manifold.

Want to take the VIS apart and get my head around it and try and come up with a viable solotion

[petet16]

A viable solution to what ?

[Rockey5uk2001]

To fix it to make it a properly functioning unit.

i want to take one apart, understand how they work. just cant do it to mine as i need the car as a daily runner

[petet16]

I see, as a guide Sheddist of clutch kit fame tried to develop a better solution for the plastic and nylon butterfly valves and linkages, and gave up as nothing viable seemed possible, I recall he was thinking of remaking the parts in metal.

[MG ZS STE]

He did finish one and i think Turbo Zed from XPF had it. But it took so long to make one that it wasnt worth the effort.

I saw it working on his bench, it had brass ball and socket fittings in there and he couldnt get an off the shelf size so had to do a fair amount of fettling. Plus he said everyone was slightly diffferent due to wear so each one would be a bespoke fit.

[LozMachine]

Rather than butterflies what about a single? plate with 6 holes in it that slid back and forth, basically closing the intakes by covering them over? Dunno like, just a thought lol

[Rockey5uk2001]

No idea without looking at one

[Mark S]

you'd be better off fitting the old rover 800 manifold, better design and no vis issues.

[Rockey5uk2001]

Also a loss of power I believe

[Mark S]

Originally Posted by Rockey5uk2001

Also a loss of power I believe

where does that info comes from?