"Mr. Manifold" Keith Wilson Talks About Earnhardt, NASCAR & NHRA

Keith Wilson of Wilson Manifolds joins Keith Jones and Joe Castello for a deep dive into air flow and intake manifold technology. Wilson details his career and involvement with racing teams from NHRA Drag Racing, NASCAR, Indy Car, and even off-shore power boats. Keith Wilson even drops a Dale Earnhardt story! There is a lot to learn on this episode of Hidden Horsepower.
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[@artbennett7321]

Keith Wilson is a great guy. I met him in the mid 90s when he consulted on the engines for the ProStock team I was a crewmember on. He's one of the rare individuals who made the transition from the blacksmith shop (no disrespect) methods of the early days to utilizing and embracing the latest technology while keeping the same old school work ethic.

[@deantait8326]

I go so far back, I watched Tim Hogan figure out to use his Flow Bench at night, while he was porting heads during the day for Mullins… I also knew Mark Knonquist (sp?) when he was the assistant engine builder at Bahari … long before he went to JGR

[@hiddenhorsepowerpodcast]

Mark is the man!

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Keith is awesome!

[@gskjr01]

Great show, love hearing from the performance Masters and their stories. Every day quest for perfection with hard work and determination.

[@hiddenhorsepowerpodcast]

Thanks! There is tons more to come!

[@Mike62501]

I’ve been working on cyl to cyl water movement since 1988. Big gains where else can 557 cu” Blown Marine run on 87 octane gasoline 800 + HP.❤

[@hiddenhorsepowerpodcast]

Thanks for sharing!

[@davelowets]

You have the LARGEST radiator out of ANY vehicle.... The WHOLE lake. That helps BIG time.

[@rzeric]

Love to see a Carl Foltz interview. See lots of CFE stickers from pros all the waybdown

[@hiddenhorsepowerpodcast]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@bretbauer7582]

@@hiddenhorsepowerpodcast Carl should be a no-brainer for a interview! Him and Ron Winterhoff are some of the best ever to grind on a cylinder head.

[@rolandtamaccio3285]

Amazing , a Bowtie part number , on a hand finished manifold ,,, !

[@hiddenhorsepowerpodcast]

He’s the man!

[@bernardmingo8870]

Miami Hollywood Speed Way Park when you near it you will hear it and the Sportium. Great Times!!

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You got that right!

[@terrymorrison5947]

First time watching news this was great stuff.

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Thanks! More to come each week...

[@Mike62501]

Great job guys! Mike

[@hiddenhorsepowerpodcast]

Thanks!

[@danieljoseph4458]

I liked this talk. By the way I went to school with a guy named Bill Dingman in Brecksville Ohio ,,,, and another guy I knew worked with Ron Hutter.. nice conversation guys

[@nealm8709]

I always thought that Keith learned from and worked for Joe Petelle of High Velocity Heads back in the day.

[@blownaway4371]

That would be AWESOME if they would make a ITB setup for the LS and Hemi that is reasonably priced!!

[@hiddenhorsepowerpodcast]

That would be great!

[@tedgerstenslager2949]

Keith is a wizard. And he is correct, there is a lot of power in the details. Lots of people are lazy, they want to bolt on 20 hp instead of 4 items that make 5 hp. Like converters, nobody wants to take a converter in and out, and there is et in the right converter.

[@hiddenhorsepowerpodcast]

Well said!

[@davelowets]

I don't mind swapping converters in the car, I LIKE the experimentation aspect of it, and learing from the results. I just DON'T like paying for all the expensive fuggers.... Provide a pile of converters to me, and I'll try ALL of them, and report back.. 🤷🏻

[@blownaway4371]

I L O V E PORTING HEADS!

[@josephc3276]

100% Agree. Every rule that is put in to lower cost did the exact opposite.

[@deantait8326]

Internal combustion engines forever ! Fossil fuels are cool, too

[@MrBlackbutang]

Jason line big bad Buick ❤❤❤❤

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That’s right!

[@rzeric]

What is a seat of cfd?

[@hiddenhorsepowerpodcast]

That's a license for the Computational Fluid Dynamics software.

[@renalator]

I got my friend to get the plate "SOULESS" for his Tesla Plaid

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LOL

[@captlucky2320]

If you had a 5.0 mustang it was Wilson or Victor jr under the hood

[@hiddenhorsepowerpodcast]

That's right. Speaking of Ford's, stay tuned for the next episode.

[@daveo908]

This is a great show, with guests teaching us, on otherwise unavailable information. Thankfully Lake Speed Jr., wasn't there with his constant interruption of guests, that are there to tell us THEIR story. I'm sure Jr. is knowledgeable, but his constant animated interruptions are a pain in the seat.

[@DragsterJeffCrider]

Be careful you could learn something from listening to this series of videos. l love to learn new things.

[@hiddenhorsepowerpodcast]

Thanks!