4 Branch Manufold/k&n Filter

[CarinaII]

just a quick question. I've got a 1987 carina GT-R and it has the 3s-ge engine in, the 1st generation i believe. I've noticed it has a normal manufold on, as oposed to later generation 3s-ge's that have a nice 4 branch. I presume its quite easy to change the manufold over.

Also, how do you go about putting a K&N filter on it, with regards to the big sensor unit on the intake pipe etc.

thank you.

[cookci]

how many cylinders does your car have

The K&N should have an adaptor with it for that sensor

[CarinaII]

obviously, it has 4 cylinders. Perhaps i should rephrase it. Mine has a 1 piece cast iron manufold, as oposed to the much nicer 4 branch tubulour manufolds the later models have.

[Cubic Incubi]

4 branch tubular manifolfds?

nope, cast manifolds mate, all of them - your thinking of uprated manifolds.

to see a K&N set up on rev 1 3sge see my pic here http://toyotaownersclub.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=39496

cheers

[mikeb]

Rev 2 and 3 engines (gen 5 celica onwards) have a 4-2-1 tubular manifold as standard. Not 100% sure that the rev 1 exhaust ports will match up with the tubular manifold though.

For the intake, just use an aftermarket panel filter in the standard airbox.

[Cubic Incubi]

but the standard panel filter best suites gen 5 - gen 4 had AFM and doesnt mind the cone filters...

what do you mean by tubular manifolds?

sorry - my 162 and 185 manifolds are cast iron... I havent seen 182 or 202 manifolds...

anyone got any pics out of interest?

[cookci]

forgot about the heat shield

[mikeb]

Nice heatshield Cookci! :P

I don't have a pic of the whole manifold, but you can see the first 6" in this one:

The 4-2-1 arrangement suggests that they didn't cut corners with it's design. I guess it would give ~4hp improvement over the cast manifold of the rev 1 engine (if it fits).

They didn't use tubular manifolds on the turbo cars to save costs (and because turbo engines are less sensitive to inlet and exhaust configuration).