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I've been labeled a Nissan guy for a long time now. My 1995 Nissan 240SX has served me well during the six years I've owned it, sticking with me through the second half of college, nine states on the east coast and more drift events than I can honestly count. Being a Nissan guy (specifically a 240 guy) has really been the one thing I could easily identify with, other than usually being able to see over crowds and get the "Did you play college ball?" question. While I'm familiar with what is known as the S-Chassis, I'm a car guy through and through, and I can appreciate the builds and the individual styles that come from all sorts of different personalities and backgrounds. This is exactly why when I saw this new 2016 Honda Civic 1.5L Turbo Hatchback pull into our parking lot last week, I got excited.

The Sport package has an aggressive body style

Even though it isn't a rough-around-the-edges mid "90's drift car, I can appreciate something that is this good looking. These new 2017 Civic

Audiation - the ability to listen to or play music in your head without physically hearing any of it.

Just by reading notes on a page of sheet music, talented musicians can hear the music in their minds. Truly gifted musicians can hear a relatively complex piece of music played once and then repeat it, perfectly, note for note, on their preferred instrument. That's talent. It's hard to teach that to just anyone. This is the concept of audiation.

I bring up this musical analogy to illustrate a point. These skills are engrained and conceptualized deep within their psyche and motor functions just as deep as breathing or walking. We, gearheads, have our own concepts that are as commonly used and seemingly simply as notes on a page. But how often do we think about what they really mean?

Mad Mike's Insane quad-rotor, twin turbocharged MX-5

What does this have to do with this twin-turbocharged, quad-rotary ND Miata piloted by professional drifter "Mad" Mike Whiddet? Anyone can look in this engine

Interested in purchasing our 6.0L intake elbow?

We have quite a bit going on with this project! Our discounted pre-sale has launched, and we are currently accepting orders. In addition, our final prototype elbows arrived and have been test fitted to ensure appropriate fitment. Without further delay, let's take a look at our finished intake elbows.

Final Product Images

First, a lineup of the stock elbow next to our three finish options.

Stock 6.0 intake elbow (left) and three Mishimoto intake elbows, final prototypes

Stock 6.0 intake elbow (left) and Mishimoto intake elbows

Here's a look at the mounting flange.

Mishimoto 6.0 intake-elbow mounting flange and seal

Notice the various inclusions in our kit. We aren't simply throwing the elbow in a box and shipping it out. Our kit includes all the items below.

• New mounting hardware
• O-ring seal
• Intake elbow boot
• Two constant-tension T-bolt clamps

Installed Shots

We needed one more test fit to ensure that our final product slides into place perfectly.

Interested in purchasing our 6.0L intake elbow?

We're back with another update on our 6.0L Powerstroke intake elbow project! Last time we covered the stock unit and noted the plans we had for our rendition of the intake elbow. After collecting data from the stock piece, we began mapping our prototypes on 3D-modeling software.

Prototype 1

Our first prototype comes by way of the almighty 3D printer. We made a quick design in Solidworks to map out the appearance and dimensional constraints for our design.

Mishimoto 6.0L Powerstroke intake elbow prototype 1

Mishimoto 6.0L Powerstroke intake elbow prototype 1

The primary goal for this prototype was to check fitment of our lower flange and placement of our NPT bungs, and also to ensure that our inlet diameter and lip were correctly designed. The style of our "M" logo on the pipe is likely to be changed in the final design, which is reflected in our modeling images below.

Here are a few shots of this piece during test fitting!

Mishimoto Powerstroke

Interested in purchasing our 6.0L intake elbow?

If you are familiar with our brand, you know we have a vast product line of heat exchangers and associated products available for the Ford 6.0L Powerstroke. We've had great feedback from our customers about our existing products as well as the new products they would like to see come out of our garage. Now that we have our own 6.0L shop truck (shown below), we have easy access to a vehicle for product development and test fitting.

Mishimoto 6.0L shop truck

We decided to come up with our own rendition of an inexpensive, free-flowing intake elbow for the 6.0L. Yes, we realize there are ample options currently on the market. That said, we would like our design to have the following features.

• Great value and high quality materials
• Minimum 2 1/8" ports for sensors, nitrous, or meth injection
• Pipe design with optimal flow and smooth internal flow
• Includes all hardware needed for installation

After doing our research, we are quite certain that power