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Title: FINALLY! I'm getting to do some FE work.
Post by: AlanCasida on January 20, 2018, 04:58:46 PM: After several years of Mustang body/suspension work and side tracked on 521 Galaxie I am finally getting back to work on my 427/452.
Today I chopped up a perfectly good Trickflow 351C Track Heat intake to fit on my FE Power LLC intake adapter. It sure is nice to get back to doing some engine/fab work. :)
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Post by: turbohunter on January 20, 2018, 07:40:33 PM: Love cutting up a perfectly good manifold eh?
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Post by: jayb on January 20, 2018, 08:57:52 PM: Looks good Alan, I'll be very interested to see how that intake performs...
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Post by: AlanCasida on January 20, 2018, 09:08:31 PM: Quote from: turbohunter on January 20, 2018, 07:40:33 PM
Love cutting up a perfectly good manifold eh?
Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. :)
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Post by: cjshaker on January 25, 2018, 11:36:37 AM: At first I was going to say "why not just cut the entire bottom out?", but then I thought that it looked like a decent heat shield to keep radiant heat off the bottom of the intake. Is this for the Mustang, Alan?
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Post by: AlanCasida on January 25, 2018, 06:03:32 PM: Quote from: cjshaker on January 25, 2018, 11:36:37 AM
At first I was going to say "why not just cut the entire bottom out?", but then I thought that it looked like a decent heat shield to keep radiant heat off the bottom of the intake. Is this for the Mustang, Alan?
Yes this is for the Mustang. I had considered completely removing the bottom section but I was concerned the casting might be under some stress and it might "pop" and not be square anymore.
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Post by: turbohunter on January 25, 2018, 06:40:23 PM: Alan I asked Jay about that as I've cut up two manifolds now.
He told me there should be no problem with that.
I have not seen any problems with mine. We ran one in Jays comparo II with no probs and the tunnel ram also seems to line up just fine.
Title: Re: FINALLY! I'm getting to do some FE work.
Post by: AlanCasida on January 25, 2018, 07:21:03 PM: Quote from: turbohunter on January 25, 2018, 06:40:23 PM
Alan I asked Jay about that as I've cut up two manifolds now.
He told me there should be no problem with that.
I have not seen any problems with mine. We ran one in Jays comparo II with no probs and the tunnel ram also seems to line up just fine.
When I cut mine I used a rather crude method. I drill a series of 5/16 holes along the contour I wanted and then used a combination of a jig saw and cutoff wheel to cut between the holes. When I cut the last piece that connected the two sides of the front of the intake it "popped" and separated a little. Not a lot, maybe 0.010-0.020" but enough to convince me I made the right decision on my particular intake.
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Post by: turbohunter on January 25, 2018, 08:04:55 PM: Good deal.
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Post by: fekbmax on January 25, 2018, 08:21:35 PM: Ran both my tunnel ram and funnel web across the table saw. Took no more than a couple minutes. No issues with either.