“Ugly Betty” the ugliest Torquer intake on Earth

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pittsburghracer

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I know, I know, I said I wasn’t going to touch this ugly azz intake but I’m not happy at all with how the Speedmaster intake turned out. It’s going on 11 years since I retired from Millwright work and the thought of how long it’s been since I’ve had a tetanus shot kept creeping into my head. We were required to go to the dispensary at work and keep our shots up to date, have blood drawn for lead checks, lung capacity, etc. I flow tested it again on Ethans ported heads and spent 65 minutes gasket matching it and 60 minutes porting
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the runners. Doing some plenum work now but I keep reminding myself it’s only a street car engine, it’s only a street car engine. 4 hours later I’m still grinding. Lol.
 
Grinding away.... LOL. You must have a lot of snow like us :D
 
pittsburghracer said:
I know, I know, I said I wasn’t going to touch this ugly azz intake but I’m not happy at all with how the Speedmaster intake turned out. It’s going on 11 years since I retired from Millwright work and the thought of how long it’s been since I’ve had a tetanus shot kept creeping into my head. We were required to go to the dispensary at work and keep our shots up to date, have blood drawn for lead checks, lung capacity, etc. I flow tested it again on Ethans ported heads and spent 65 minutes gasket matching it and 60 minutes porting View attachment 1715681373 View attachment 1715681374 View attachment 1715681375 View attachment 1715681376 View attachment 1715681377 View attachment 1715681378 View attachment 1715681379 View attachment 1715681380 the runners. Doing some plenum work now but I keep reminding myself it’s only a street car engine, it’s only a street car engine. 4 hours later I’m still grinding. Lol.
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Just a little core shift. No biggie. :lol::lol: It's a wonder the performance intakes work as well as they do. If a person is serious, all of them should at least be port matched.
 
pittsburghracer said:
I know, I know, I said I wasn’t going to touch this ugly azz intake but I’m not happy at all with how the Speedmaster intake turned out. It’s going on 11 years since I retired from Millwright work and the thought of how long it’s been since I’ve had a tetanus shot kept creeping into my head. We were required to go to the dispensary at work and keep our shots up to date, have blood drawn for lead checks, lung capacity, etc. I flow tested it again on Ethans ported heads and spent 65 minutes gasket matching it and 60 minutes porting View attachment 1715681373 View attachment 1715681374 View attachment 1715681375 View attachment 1715681376 View attachment 1715681377 View attachment 1715681378 View attachment 1715681379 View attachment 1715681380 the runners. Doing some plenum work now but I keep reminding myself it’s only a street car engine, it’s only a street car engine. 4 hours later I’m still grinding. Lol.
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Agree!
There is no stretching the true with the title of this thread WOW!!!!!
They say the ugly-er the manifold the better it works...............This is the ugly-est one i have ever seen! BUT, Somehow, i don't thing it apply in this case.
I sure hope someone paid you to take it off there hands.....only kinda kidding.:poke::D
 
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Cudafever said:
Agree!
There is no stretching the true with the title of this thread WOW!!!!!
They say the ugly-er the manifold the better it works...............This is the ugly-est one i have ever seen! BUT, Somehow, i don't thing it apply in this case.
I sure hope someone paid you to take it off there hands.....only
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kinda kidding.:poke::D
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my son bought a 1973 (340) with this thing on it. This is the engine I ported the speedmaster heads for. He came down on the price and my son bought several things from him.
 
Good thing you have the light on it because that would be one scary black hole!
 
Well Ugly Betty is starting to take shape. I was hoping to have it done but breaking three cables on my Foredom Grinder slowed me down. I usually break one a year but working on these tight azz ports my burr tends to grab more. Ethan will get a bill for those. Lol. If I’m not shoveling all day tomorrow I should have it done and post up some flow numbers. All I ate today was a few Mellocups and 10 pieces of pepperoni. Thank God I made spaghetti the other day.
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pittsburghracer said:
Well Ugly Betty is starting to take shape. I was hoping to have it done but breaking three cables on my Foredom Grinder slowed me down. I usually break one a year but working on these tight azz ports my burr tends to grab more. Ethan will get a bill for those. Lol. If I’m not shoveling all day tomorrow I should have it done and post up some flow numbers. All I ate today was a few Mellocups and 10 pieces of pepperoni. Thank God I made spaghetti the other day. View attachment 1715681476View attachment 1715681477View attachment 1715681478View attachment 1715681479View attachment 1715681480View attachment 1715681481View attachment 1715681482
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Looks good. The intake too! :poke::poke::rofl:
 
It looks like a cast iron intake that has been out to sea for way to long.
Paint it cast iron color, and people wouldn't give it a 2nt thought..........no, think it would still get attention.
 
That thing has got more wrinkles and poc-marks than my 92 yo Great-Grandpa had when he died. They used to burn his face-hair off with a torch, once a week, cuz he couldn't shave any more.
Ok that sounded funnier in my head, lol.
Ok yes I'm kidding about the torch bit. but nothing else,lol.
 
pittsburghracer said:
I know, I know, I said I wasn’t going to touch this ugly azz intake but I’m not happy at all with how the Speedmaster intake turned out. It’s going on 11 years since I retired from Millwright work and the thought of how long it’s been since I’ve had a tetanus shot kept creeping into my head. We were required to go to the dispensary at work and keep our shots up to date, have blood drawn for lead checks, lung capacity, etc. I flow tested it again on Ethans ported heads and spent 65 minutes gasket matching it and 60 minutes porting View attachment 1715681373 View attachment 1715681374 View attachment 1715681375 View attachment 1715681376 View attachment 1715681377 View attachment 1715681378 View attachment 1715681379 View attachment 1715681380 the runners. Doing some plenum work now but I keep reminding myself it’s only a street car engine, it’s only a street car engine. 4 hours later I’m still grinding. Lol.
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You are faster than I am !
 
famous bob said:
You are faster than I am !
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I usually work pretty slow but today I hit it pretty had grinding for almost two nonstop hours. I got an addiction with Facebook and racing websites that drawl my over to my phone way to often. I love the radiant heat in my shop as it makes my sore bones and muscles feel good. I always keep a few snacks nearby so I don’t have to go up the house till I’m done.
 
PRH said:
You can have all the manifold porting.......

But I’ll take a plate full of that spaghetti :thumbsup:
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still only have about half of my taste back and almost zero smell from Coronavirus I had during thanksgiving. But the spaghetti still tasted pretty good.
 
Well I spent a couple of hours on “Ugly Better” trying to fix number 3 and 6 runner that were both really funneled down in the middle. Then I rinsed it off and through it on my flowbench. It should have no problem getting the upper end of our 300-400 horsepower target. Then when he’s ready for more the heads are more than capable with a bigger cam and a ported Victor340. I even threw a coat of paint on her but she may need another coat tomorrow then it’s shop cleanup and on to my 2021 race engine.
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pittsburghracer said:
still only have about half of my taste back and almost zero smell from Coronavirus I had during thanksgiving. But the spaghetti still tasted pretty good.
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Yea that spaghetti looks way better than the manifold before your porting.
Seeing how you're porting for free, you could sell your famous meatballs on a bun out the side door of your shop.
I'd be willing to pay 10 bucks for one. lol
BTW the manifold #'s look good.
 
Pretty good gains for that intake manifold. There is not exactly a ton of material to carve up into a more desirable shape. The thing I never liked about those early intakes were the attaching screws intrusions in the runners. That’s gotta suck.

Thanks John
 
rumblefish360 said:
Pretty good gains for that intake manifold. There is not exactly a ton of material to carve up into a more desirable shape. The thing I never liked about those early intakes were the attaching screws intrusions in the runners. That’s gotta suck.

Thanks John
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Number 3 and 6 were terrible. It took a lot of grinding just to get the burr to touch the wall. They both had a hump on them like a pregnant whale. Funny how I ran one of these back in the 1970’s and never noticed that. Lol. Then I bought an Offenhauser Porta Sonic.
 
I’m just going to send my manifolds to you. Evidently you love grinding on them, or it’s a form of self flagellation...could be both I suppose LOL.

I appreciate all the numbers. You are THE porting animal for sure!!!!
 
How about the ported SM numbers next to the ported Torker Numbers.

Any idea what the final tally is on time spent doing the Torker?
 
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