I think this qualifies for this forum. Pretty simple really, just a 1/8in. aluminum plate milled on a Bridgeport, made to fit the underside of an HSR. I figure if it prevents hot oil from splashing on the underside of the runners, it may be worth something. Just an idea for anyone interested.

 

It looks good I was thinking of doing the same thing the Stealth Ram intake gets very hot! How far did you drill for the mounting holes?

 

Not to shabby. but I have a few concerns..

Maybe Its just the pic's but it looks like there is a small gap that oil will get in still and accumulate.

I deff like the idea and dig the nice work but what about doing it kinda like a stock tpi base. give it a slight angle like so \/ with a few holes in the bottom for the oil that does accumulate to drain out of.

 

I drilled and tapped those four small nubs on the corners of the opening. Dont remember exactly how deep anymore, but it was about 3/16in or so.

Good idea. I may try that.

 

nice work! home made mods are the best. Cheaper and better than anything else.

 

I think I will do that to my HSR when it shows up, and drill a few drain holes in it as well. I was also thinking of making some sort of boxes that will hang on either side of the plenum for ice, to cool it between runs. I dont know what I'll make it out of yet, and I'm not sure if I'll have them on while I'm making a run. All I know is sometime just that little bit will get you a tenth or so. When my car was still stock, I had a bitch of a time getting into the 13's. Kept getting 14.10's and such. We unplugged the torque converter plug at the tranny, and unplugged the alternator and bam! 13.91. Although It was my bro that made that run, I tried the rest of the day to duplicate it,but no dice. Anyway when I'm done with this recent engine build up, I hope to break into the 11's, but if I'm still hitting 12.10, maybe some ******* trickery may help nudge it into the 11's.

 

It would be nice to pipe some copper tubing run it under the runners lay it up against them and run the two ends into a vessel with a pump and some ice water (dry ice?). Would make for a pretty good cooling effect.

 

I was thinking about doing that with a 4bbl Edelbrock manifold I got awhile back, but havent installed yet.

I always thought it was cooler to make your own stuff than to just go to the parts store and buy them. I dunno why I like that so much, but I do... much more personalized I guess.

Anywhoo... good job

 

One little suggestion... if you slightly bent the edges of your heat shield upwards towards the bottom of the intake, you could get a much tighter fit, which would let less oil in.

 

I may try that too, thanks for the tip.

 

I was gonna do something like that with mine but never got around to it. I had my HSR on my car for about 9 monthes and when I pulled it, there was no oil under the intake. So, I never did see a use for the splash shield on my car. Nice job though