Saturday, September 19, 2009

Intake Manifold

After cutting a lot of excess material off the back and bottom of the intake manifold, it still wouldnt fit in the mini. It bumped the firewall and the body cross-beam. I ended up milling about 0.100 in. from the mounting flange on a slight angle. The angled flange raised the back of the intake about 0.25 in. while hardly changing the port angle. The honda motor shouldnt lose too much power by my changing the angle so slightly. Clamping the intake in our mill was a pain, but thanks to my dad, we managed. I think this was a much better solution than cutting the bulkhead. I did have to grind a small notch in the mini cross-beam and a small notch in the first runner on the honda intake.