FE Intake Adapter

[JamesonRacing]

Jay, just picked up an Edelbrock 2863 intake manifold for use with the intake adapter.  When would be a good time to ship it your way for fit up?

Thanks!

[Dr Mabuse]

There appears to be an incredible amount of machining and (especially) polishing in that match plate. Very big bucks expense to add to the process! I was told, mold polishers lose much feeling in their hands after years of work.

[jayb]

Jay, just picked up an Edelbrock 2863 intake manifold for use with the intake adapter.  When would be a good time to ship it your way for fit up?

Thanks!

Let's wait until I've delivered the first 10-15 intakes, David.  Otherwise it will just be sitting here doing nothing for a while.  I'll email or PM you when I'm ready for it - Jay

[falcon428]

Jay,

That match plate is truly a work of art.  OH yeah I'm definitely in the market for a High Rise adapter now for my ProCharger build.  So please put me on your list for one of those too. 

Good luck getting the new machining center up and running and getting the other ones running smoothly. Is that chicken coop getting full yet? 

[JamesonRacing]

Ran across this ad on ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Edelbrock-Yates-9-200-Intake-2861-Svo-Roush-Nascar-/261000913578?pt=Race_Car_Parts&hash=item3cc4dde2aa&vxp=mtr

Looks like a good deal on a 351Y intake if you are using a 4150 carb.  These seem to be a good choice as they don't have the bottom plate to mess with.

This manifold looks quite a bit like the 2863 except for the carb flange.  Would look great on top of one of Jay's intake adapters.

[JamesonRacing]

Some pics of the Edelbrock 2863 intake - looks like the intake will need to be opened up a bit at the head and the adapter will need to curve in a bit.

[JamesonRacing]

Another pic

[JamesonRacing]

Overall pic

[jayb]

Some pics of the Edelbrock 2863 intake - looks like the intake will need to be opened up a bit at the head and the adapter will need to curve in a bit.

That's a good looking manifold.  The standard adapter ports also curve in somewhat, especially on ports 1 and 8, to match the port spacing of a standard 351C 4V manifold.

[machoneman]

The latest SCM (Scott Cook) 351C intake just made 796HP on a 427 Cleveland headed, Arrow/Cleveland blocked engine. The Arrow btw is a Aussie- sourced improved copy of Ford's OEM iron "C" block.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv-OYJbegQg

I think I had posted a pic of this wild looking intake before but IIRC it was not accompanied by dyno results. Seems a natural for a big inch FE with Jay's adapter 

[jayb]

Please excuse me for venting a little bit in this post.  Many of you know about the CNC machine issues I've experienced over the last month and a half; why the machine has picked this time to start giving me trouble is anybody's guess.  The last thing that went wrong was that my rotary table, used as a fourth axis, gave out, and I had to take it in for repair at the end of November.  Finally got it back and installed on December 21st.  By the 24th I was finishing up the first intake in the production run, when out of nowhere, the spindle of the machine started making a bunch of noise!  I had to shut the machine down, two ports shy of the first completed intake 

After talking to some people about this on the 24th, the potential culprits are a spindle bearing or a transmission bearing.  I won't know for sure until I have a technician out to check the machine, and due to the holidays I wasn't able to schedule that until January 2. 

My level of frustration on this is through the roof at this point.  If, after taking delivery of the castings in October, someone had told me that I would not have delivered even the first production intake by the end of the year, I would have told them they were crazy.  But various issues have continued to crop up and stop me in my tracks on this.  I've recently told a couple of people that I would be delivering intakes by the end of the year, barring any unforeseen problems, but Murphy's Law continues to apply and the unforeseen problems keep coming up    I know a lot of people are waiting for these intakes, and I feel like I am letting them down with these continued delays, but there is just nothing I can do except work through every problem as it appears.  Hopefully this is the last one.

So, I appreciate everyone's patience on this.  I remain committed to the project, and hopefully the latest problem can be resolved quickly so I can finally start delivering the manifolds in the next couple of weeks.  For what it's worth, the first intake to be finished, which is two ports away from being done, looks really good...

[JamesonRacing]

Thanks for the update.  Sucks to have your equipment fail you like that. 

I wouldn't sweat the schedule; I'm still personally amazed that you've undertaken such an ambitious project and are as close to delivering finished products as you are.  I'm really eager to see how the Yates head variant works out, and am relishing my first trip to the track sporting the two-piece intake!

[lovehamr]

Same here man.  You have enough on your plate with your machines giving you shite, don't sweat the delivery times on my part.

[BruceS]

Jay,
I think you deserve some slack by being up-front with everyone and by giving assurance you're still committed to the project.  I have no doubt they will be worth waiting for.

Happy Holidays to you, and to all the FE Forum!

Bruce

[cjshaker]

Same as the other guys.....don't sweat it. And certainly don't let it ruin your holidays!  We all know the old saying "$%#@ happens"......but what most people don't readily know is the rest of the saying....."when you least want it to" 

Just use the time to work on something else you've been wanting to.