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Finally, I could bolt the intake onto my engine and see how it would fit. I have to admit, I was really relieved to feel it fall right into...
After the intake had cooled from welding, I then went about making the bottom plate to replace the nasty material I removed from the exhaust...
Exactly right. Figured I could hide it underneath where there's plenty of flat.
Next step was addressing the tight bolt head clearance to the intake ports. This required making 16 2" long 1" OD 6061 aluminum bungs with a 3/8"...
The stock flanges were still on, for the most part. I needed to figure out how much material I could take off in order for it to work with...
technically it could have been. I opted to keep it in the stock orientation otherwise the intake would have a pretty tall arch at the front end....
sure does!
Now that the footprint of the supercharger is small enough to work on top of the open plenum surface I have available, it was time to make a plate...
The second photo in my previous post shows where I began cutting away the original flanges/bolt pattern between the intake runners on the intake....
This was done in stages to keep as much original material and structure on the intake as possible to ensure A) I wasnt going to cut too much away...
I've been messing around with a 4/71 supercharger set up for the last few years. It was originally set up to run on my 364 Nailhead in my 1932...
[ATTACH] 1932 studebaker. Partly.
I'm currently working on putting a 4-71 blower on the '32 studebaker...
[ATTACH] it's been a long time coming but I finally have the time to tear into the '32 stude. Last week I took the front end off and did a quick...
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