i was looking at my friends four barrel carb manifold and his two barrel carb adapter that the barrels of my experiment tbi line up to and i was just wondering why couldnt you buy an egr four barrel manifold and the adapter and drill the holes for the tbi to bolt up to the spacer since the carb manifolds flow more and there are alot more different models of them

 

I think you just figured out what most everybody on the board is doing. Glad you could join us.

Steve

 

ok so now that im filled in on that does it work because other thatn the other stuff i mentioned they are cheaper on the pocket

 

They work as good as or better than a tbi specific intake.

 

so do you have any pics or anything that i can look at to see how its done

 

Here's a couple

 

here's the last one.

 

how well does that clear your hood

 

that looks bad *** i have to get my headers painted before installing them what kind of paint did you use and is it still on there if the engine is already in the car

 

I don't know, it's still on the engine stand. Realy though I know it won't. I'll have to go to a cowl hood or make my own hood scoop.

Steve

 

I put a thermal coating on them it's not paint.

 

one more thing what brand of spacer did you use and thanks for the help i have been thinkin on if this would work for like 2 weeks now and i knoow someone who works at a chroming place where i can get my headers powder coated so im lookin into that and again thanks for the help mine will be done before too long

 

Due to using a 454tb on a square bore intake I had to use a spread bore to square bore adapter then a home made tbi adapter plate. If you look real close you can see both on top of the manifold.

Steve

 

the one i was lookin at was from a square bore to a 2 barrel it had the holes in it just like the tbi manifold but was for a 2 barrel carb so the bolt holes werent the same also is yours a 305 or 350

 

How did you get that tb too shine like that. What did you use on it

 

The engine is a 350 Vortec out of a "96"Tahoe. As far as the tb goes I just cleaned it real good in a can of carb cleaner the sprayed it with chrome spray paint. I don't think it will looK that good after it's been in the car for very long, any gas that gets on it will probably wipe it out. I didn't think about it at the time but I might have to use the techline coating that I used on the headers to keep it looking that good all the time.

Steve

 

When the gas hit's that tb do you think that the paint will come off and get into your moter. I hope not that could cause you some problem's

 

I didn't paint the throttle bores, even if I did it's not likely it would hurt anything, it would just get burned in the combustion process.

Steve

 

what did you make your spacer out of and also how hard was it to drill the holes acurately any pointers thenks

 

It's made from 1/2' aluminum plate, my father bored out the holes on his lath. As far as doing this a home you might have to use a different method. You could probably buy one cheap enough that it wouldn't be worth spending the time to try. I believe Tas had a source on them with a price below 20 bucks.

Steve

 

Here's a pic of my carb manifold with tbi.
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i know you dont have to worry about hood clearance but how much higher does that manifold make your tbi sit and what were the gains you got from that plus what manifold did you use and also how did you buy/ make the spacer thanks