Custom Intake Manifold

[bob442]

someone has to make a single lower intake to mount the m62 too, not leaving the bottom intake and making a top one to mount the charger too.

[gar70614]

i ment low profile cuz the only other one ive seen was on a beretta and was like 10 inches above the hood and a cav has almost no hood clearance wen v6 swaped. my 3500 has maybe 1/2 inch between uim and hood.

[geldartb]

thats the same thing mcgavin did with his Z26. totally not low profile and once you add a cowl or something around it your up to a half a foot.

[bszopi]

Don't think I would call sticking out of the hood 3-4" low profile...

[gar70614]

i found this on j-body.org. its a third gen cavalier. not sure how the adapter was made but is pretty low profile.

http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=30&i=53503&t=53503

[bob442]

i think i gotta be the first one to make a LIM to replace both upper and lower's. might take 2 years though till i finish the T/A and the truck.

[bszopi]

An M62 probably wouldn't fit in that space, let alone an M90. Besides, even with the setup above, it was ~1" too tall to be able to close the hood of a W-body.

[gar70614]

a m90 might be a little big but wat if u put the s/c upside down because they can be put in any direction (refering to pic above) under the steel runners with a box above it with all the runners going to it. so the injectors could stay put but it would be a little tall. i dont know much about boost but puttin in my 2 cents.

[bszopi]

Me, many years ago. It still looks the exact same as it in the pics on here.

[bob442]

who was building a vortec style manifold out of mandral bend steel?

[geldartb]

i was thinking about a hybrid between the 3500/3400 UIMs

[kwhauck]

i think I may start with a 3500 LIM and saw and see what I come up with...

[02dohc]

yeah that is a way to do it too. i was just offering my services to anyone that thought i could be of some help.

[bszopi]

I have thought about modeling it in CAD (as that's what I do all day long as well), but I think I have decided to just build a mock-up out of wood/foam and see what I come up with. Once I get it mocked up, I will then transfer the pieces to CAD, which can then be sent to a laser/water jet to get cut out and then welded up.

[robertisaar]

yes it is a stereo lithography setup.

i love those things. takes a while for larger parts to finish, but they come out pretty good.

now i miss my machine shop ...