Some grind and fab work

 

Fab outer cover

 

Weld outer cover

 

Grind and smooth now time for a finish

 

HOLY ****!


Probably been easier just to siamese the base plate insted, but good lord thats soem buetifull work!

 

Woohooo! I cant wait! :hail:

 

Now that is just plain sexy!!! How much do charge if you were sent a pair of SLPs? Maybe I woulda thought otherwise before I sold mine. Thats gotta breath as good as my Superram.

 

With those open runners I thought I logged onto the surgery channel. It gave me the ******* like I was looking at open heart surgery

Looks good Jerry.

Will you have them flow benched? That would be way cool to know if it flows the same as a superram.

 

Very nice!

 

The same as? Probably more!

 

Let's see what they flow before we say that, two different styles, What is one thing that is important on runners. Runner length right.

 

The only testing planed for them is one day at fontana on my car (looks like May 10th.) than it"s off to Kevins for install on his car.

Jerry

 

Kevin has his dyno on his set up now, So when those are installed he can dyno again and see how much more they produce, And if they produce as much as a SR then he is lucky those are a lot easier to work with on installing.

 

Looks good Jerry. I also have a question.

Why not open up the plenum more as indicated in the pic below:



Did you need to leave the center piece in for structural reasons? Otherwise, it seems you'd benefit by removing it and smoothing the plenum opening as much as possible.

 

Bret

The problem with removing that area is the gasket is embossed with o-ring type bumps that only go around the two ports. I have about 18 hours in them and don't want to invest anymore time for a part that will be on my car for one day. It can be done with more time just not by me.

Jerry

 

Jerry, Was wondering if you did the Aluminum welding yourself- asuming you did.

My question to you is what welding equipment did you use?

I have a Lincoln 175+ mig welder w/ Argon that I am very proficiant at steel and chome moly. It has Aluminum weld posibilities with the purchase of an optional kit and (here's the clencher) different styles of Aluminum Superglaze wire based on the metallurgy of the Aluminum intakes. I believe from my research that the intakes are a form of 3XXX alloy element (Manganese cast alloy) and the "Superglaze 4043 Aluminum wire"would work fine for - Do you know anything of this and hopefully confirm its use?

Lincoln says 4043 aluminum wire is good for uses on 1XXX,2XXX,3XXX, and 6XXX types of aluminum alloys. Just trying to find out for certain what type of aluminum alloy these intakes are.

Thank you for any info you may be able to help with,
Dean

Edit: I have heard that the use of the wrong aluminum weld wire can cause an excessive hydrogen build-up and create voids or pinholes in the welds- trying to avoid any potential vacuum leaks.

 

AGood2.8

Yes, I did all the work.

I have a Miller Sycrowave 250DX at work http://www.millerwelds.com/products/...rowave_250_dx/ And it's bigger brother Miller 425 at home.

Cast intakes are 3XX alloy I have never mig welded aluminum before so I'am no help on that.

Jerry

 

Thank you Jerry. I checked also with a good friend of mine who is the president of the sheet metals union and owner of CMF here in Orange, Calif. Paul told me that what I want to use will work but won't look the prettiest- Doesn't matter, I'm not looking for appearence welds and don't mind the grinding. Thank you for confirming the type 3 aluminum casting.

Dean