All true. If based on old tech.
Especially for a typical carb application.
As always use and intended goal is a large factor.
But it is a new day.
With a goal of 300 to 350 hp..street use is how I took this as the operation....
.......forged stuff is not necessarily needed here. Maybe some ring gap and fresh bearings while your in there and some studs
There are a half dozen or so manifolds that can work...why you don't use them is beyond me.....maybe I misunderstood your reasoning....due to the hvac and fitment...
I am not trolling.....you wanting 300 hp and an a4ld. ...that seems like trolling
You said you couldn't find a manifold that worked ..if you remember the early fox turbo setups, then buying a 180 degree mandrel pipe....sch 40....and having an exhaust shop weld it to your goal is cost effective....And easy to strap. Though there are many turbo rangers using tubulars and retaining ac. For your situation...it don't work.??
in the mid 2000s. There was a kid that had a 2.3 based build with 1000 hp capacity in a fox....and what is old school now..... mega squirt.....no stock engine parts....but it was something I would have never thought possible until it was prowling around U of M and Milan....and... uhhhh other impromptu events.
What made that possible was megasquirt... stacked....and 12 injectors available when needed...
Your engine...being what it is, With this current MS3 stuff, can develop 300 ish ...easily with some boost and even with high compression.
The old rules do not necessarily apply.
The limits of the older technology are a choice.
I have seen this car in person....it's ridiculously awesome. At one point it was using ms3.
Of course it's a full custom parts with only the idea of lima as it's base....
But the point is the cost effective tuning.
there are a ton of lima and cyclone cars down there.... Running boost and high compression.
...the capacity of these 4 and 6 cylinder cars turned me on to the MS3.