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Before you ask, no I haven't made the track yet. I hope to wed.
3500 intake, port and polished to gasket match. port and polished the tb neck too out to 75mm. I made the TB adapter myself and the transition from TB-adapter-intake is so smooth you can't catch your finger nail on it! Everything is polished to a 240 grit finish. Remember, my intakes will never see emissions or fuel, only air. BTW, the 1" drum sander on a drill ported this intake, @ TB neck, so fast with a 50 grit roll, it was scary. And the roll looked like it was untouched after use. Here I've been doing everything with a dremel/die-grinder and those little sanding rolls from summit. Good for detail work, nothing else.
The TB is 75mm/3.5". Its from a 1998 Oldsmobile Aurora 4.0L V-8. I had to twist it for bolts to line up right and then modify the throttle bracket inorder to clear my hood. It wasn't enough. I also had to modify the hood framing too with a BFH. It clears now...barely. I really need the solid mounts tho, when i stand on it I think it'll rub the hood still.
[EDIT] Oops forgot something. The vacuum ports. the one at 12 o'clock to the TB I found freeze plug to pound in there with some JB weld. The little port at 3o'clock to TB i had to dremel out to fit another freeze plug in there with some JB weld. The big port for the brake booster got a much smaller thread in barb nipple, and then the 2 vaccum line from there to the trans and the FPR. I also grabbed a MAP from the Aurora Motor too when in the junk yard and popped it in place. It seems to work fine. We'll see I geuss.
I painted red because everyone else does black, the ford blue i had just didn't seem to go right by me, and i can't afford gold plate so red it is, also i had 2 cans already n my garage. it was cheap.
On the bench pics, linkage and butterfly still out.
In the car.
I found a place get the pipes and couplers to run my cold air intake. It's going to cost me $125 for 2 3.5" dia. 45 degree pipes, 3 couplers, and 6 clamps. I'm broke, so for now she breaths hot.
3500 intake, port and polished to gasket match. port and polished the tb neck too out to 75mm. I made the TB adapter myself and the transition from TB-adapter-intake is so smooth you can't catch your finger nail on it! Everything is polished to a 240 grit finish. Remember, my intakes will never see emissions or fuel, only air. BTW, the 1" drum sander on a drill ported this intake, @ TB neck, so fast with a 50 grit roll, it was scary. And the roll looked like it was untouched after use. Here I've been doing everything with a dremel/die-grinder and those little sanding rolls from summit. Good for detail work, nothing else.
The TB is 75mm/3.5". Its from a 1998 Oldsmobile Aurora 4.0L V-8. I had to twist it for bolts to line up right and then modify the throttle bracket inorder to clear my hood. It wasn't enough. I also had to modify the hood framing too with a BFH. It clears now...barely. I really need the solid mounts tho, when i stand on it I think it'll rub the hood still.
[EDIT] Oops forgot something. The vacuum ports. the one at 12 o'clock to the TB I found freeze plug to pound in there with some JB weld. The little port at 3o'clock to TB i had to dremel out to fit another freeze plug in there with some JB weld. The big port for the brake booster got a much smaller thread in barb nipple, and then the 2 vaccum line from there to the trans and the FPR. I also grabbed a MAP from the Aurora Motor too when in the junk yard and popped it in place. It seems to work fine. We'll see I geuss.
I painted red because everyone else does black, the ford blue i had just didn't seem to go right by me, and i can't afford gold plate so red it is, also i had 2 cans already n my garage. it was cheap.
On the bench pics, linkage and butterfly still out.
In the car.
I found a place get the pipes and couplers to run my cold air intake. It's going to cost me $125 for 2 3.5" dia. 45 degree pipes, 3 couplers, and 6 clamps. I'm broke, so for now she breaths hot.
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