More fun today.... made a jig to use in the shop for fabrication of the air inlet flange-to pipe-to throttle body flange:


Fitment on the test stand:


Try fit in the engine bay:


The coolant line angles on the throttle body also present issues... the press-in tube barbs will have to be removed and another plumbing arrangement found. I'm considering eliminating the throttle heater plate - don't know if it makes much sense to preheat the intake air on a forced induction setup - at least not in this climate - need to research that a little.

I think I'm ready to go to the machine shop next week and start making some hard parts. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Frank

You should be able to find angled fittings to fix the coolant lines. Try Mcmaster-Carr
http://www.mcmaster.com/index.asp

The trial engine fit <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Les -

Thanks for the link... I'll see what they have. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Frank

Went over to the shop for a little while, forgot to take something, so came home and thought I'd post a couple of pics of some "finds" after going through a few rooms in the back and snooping around. Here's a '32 B roadster project temporarily on hold:


Pulled back some tarps and found a couple of jewels:

My favorite - a BBC bored to 468 cid, 6-71 blower pulling through 2 Holley double pumpers..... 780HP! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/evil.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" /> You'd better be ready when you stab the stupid pedal in a 2400 lb car. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />



There's some squirreled-away powerful good stuff in this off-the-beaten track, little-known place <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />:

Frank

His amount of blower pulley wrap could be instructional for you...

Not really - that's a cog rib belt about 4" wide... might as well be a gear. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> I don't think you can have too much wrap on a serpentine blower pulley - particularly with a 5 groove/rib belt.

Frank

Those monsters need electric water pumps <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/patriot.gif" alt="" />

I need an extra 3.0L air duct to chop up for parts - anybody have one they want to sell? If so, PM me with a price - here's a pic of the part:


Frank

Within 10 minutes, MarkG is riding to the rescue with an air duct..... ya gotta love this forum! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Thanks, Mark! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />

Frank

FrankR owns "Thing"!! Haven't seen him since The Adams Family went off the air.