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- Aug 19, 2009
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Hello fellow TurboBrickers. (moderators, was not sure of a good location for this post)
(These are current pics from page 12)
Been designing and getting all the parts built for a sweet sheetmetal intake manifold. Almost ready to start the tacking and welding with only the plenum to bend and shape out, in the pics youll see the plenum back wall is shaped with internal velacity stacks that are up off the wall to help promote air flow. The manifold base and stacks are made from 1/2 alum with pipe runners, the back wall is 1/8 and the plenum will be .100 to save on some weight. I am using a 960 TB with a tapered intake runner for that too. Maybe hard to decipher in the pic but I think you guys will be able to visualize it. There is a pic of a brown paper with a injector on it, if you look close you will see the end result of the shape of the intake. i got plenum volume close to 1.5 times engine (will measure exact when finished as the length changed.) Its still a side mount setup with the stock dimenstions in mind so hopefully this will bolt on and use all the factory parts like the throttle cable and setup.
I have on order a reamer to drill out the fuel rail and have plans on running a toyota style FPR (drill and tapped rail with oring seal) Still not sure what Ill do with the fuel lines but Ill get that figured out soon. So far, a little tweak on the oil dipstick tube and small spacer to bolt it back on the block. My goal is to make this a plug and play and make a TB mount for a 960, 940, or whatever is desired. I have an intake started for me and have parts to build 2 more. Im excited to get these started. Might fire the TIG up this weekend and lay some beads down.
Ill post more pics as the manifold moves on.
(These are current pics from page 12)
Been designing and getting all the parts built for a sweet sheetmetal intake manifold. Almost ready to start the tacking and welding with only the plenum to bend and shape out, in the pics youll see the plenum back wall is shaped with internal velacity stacks that are up off the wall to help promote air flow. The manifold base and stacks are made from 1/2 alum with pipe runners, the back wall is 1/8 and the plenum will be .100 to save on some weight. I am using a 960 TB with a tapered intake runner for that too. Maybe hard to decipher in the pic but I think you guys will be able to visualize it. There is a pic of a brown paper with a injector on it, if you look close you will see the end result of the shape of the intake. i got plenum volume close to 1.5 times engine (will measure exact when finished as the length changed.) Its still a side mount setup with the stock dimenstions in mind so hopefully this will bolt on and use all the factory parts like the throttle cable and setup.
I have on order a reamer to drill out the fuel rail and have plans on running a toyota style FPR (drill and tapped rail with oring seal) Still not sure what Ill do with the fuel lines but Ill get that figured out soon. So far, a little tweak on the oil dipstick tube and small spacer to bolt it back on the block. My goal is to make this a plug and play and make a TB mount for a 960, 940, or whatever is desired. I have an intake started for me and have parts to build 2 more. Im excited to get these started. Might fire the TIG up this weekend and lay some beads down.
Ill post more pics as the manifold moves on.
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