sheet metal intake...
I wanna make a sheet metal intake for the turbo 273 but I dont want the same add-a-bung top feed single plane intake (its a 63 cast block with the odd bolt angles anyway) so off to the metal store! $16 later I got a 24X24 sheet of 3/16 plate (thin I know but Itll cut like buttah) and 4 10" 1X2 16g steel rectangle tubing for the runners, all from the scrap bin. I bought it by the lb. so this will be the 'proof of concept' prototype. I plan on tacking the runners together and chopping them in half for 5" siamese runners all around. these will come off the heads at a shallower angle and into a V shaped plenum with a TB out the front like a Holley Sniper intake. Everything will slip into place and then get tacked together as its bolted to the top end to prevent any shifting and then Ill weld it up and seal all the seams with JB weld as I cant seem to ever make a weld that is not porous. Then Ill drill and place the FI bungs in the runners. Nothing but time and a vision....sort of like this Hogan but home built and $1980 cheaper...
I wanna make a sheet metal intake for the turbo 273 but I dont want the same add-a-bung top feed single plane intake (its a 63 cast block with the odd bolt angles anyway) so off to the metal store! $16 later I got a 24X24 sheet of 3/16 plate (thin I know but Itll cut like buttah) and 4 10" 1X2 16g steel rectangle tubing for the runners, all from the scrap bin. I bought it by the lb. so this will be the 'proof of concept' prototype. I plan on tacking the runners together and chopping them in half for 5" siamese runners all around. these will come off the heads at a shallower angle and into a V shaped plenum with a TB out the front like a Holley Sniper intake. Everything will slip into place and then get tacked together as its bolted to the top end to prevent any shifting and then Ill weld it up and seal all the seams with JB weld as I cant seem to ever make a weld that is not porous. Then Ill drill and place the FI bungs in the runners. Nothing but time and a vision....sort of like this Hogan but home built and $1980 cheaper...
