Since I like a project over winter, which inevitably takes me into summer and I don't get to use the car. Here we are....
This idea stemmed from loving the look of '8 stack' Webers, but hating the idea of going to back to carbs, let alone 8 of the buggers.
So after a bit of googling and not liking the look of the Borlas, the cost of the Iglese, or the injector position of the Jenvey's, it kinda lead to doing it DIY.
I wanted the classic looks, for it to cost sub £5k (including the ECU) and have a sensible injector position.
I came across this thread on the GT40 Forum - GT40 Forum
Jasper had the same idea I did, but only got it so far before shelving the project.
Still it was a base to start from.
I ordered the same Blue Thunder inlet he had from the states
Along with some Chinese replica Webers
When these arrived I was super surprised at the quality, the castings are far better than the Spanish Weber castings! I'd never want to run fuel through them, but they certainly look the part.
I couldn't resist a quick mock up in the engine bay
Before:
After:
Looks great but its a long road ahead.
The next step was getting the throttle linkage all built up as a test. I ordered the linkage bellcrank from Australia and the linkage arms from Webcon in the UK.
Might raise it a little depending on where I can get the injectors to fit.
Also I had a go at mocking the throttle position sensor up. I want it around the back out of the way.
So I removed this bolt from the main shaft and used this little Ali D piece, I got the blank for it from Emerald.
Quick test fit of the sensor and it fits quite nicely with room to make a bracket for it.
The next step was to try and be an engineer
Some dry shampoo on the bit I want to scan, so it’ll pick it up.
Ta da
I've still not used this scan for designing the bracket for the sensor. I will though soon.
After a lot of soul searching I decided I didn’t want to muller into my £1500 inlet manifold to try and fit some injectors at a daft angle, like Jasper did. I just couldn't help thinking I'd run into clearance issues everywhere.
So after a lot of messing, (Hours and hours of designing and measuring) I’ve made these spacers with injector bosses in them.
Will test fit with these then print them in nylon.
This idea stemmed from loving the look of '8 stack' Webers, but hating the idea of going to back to carbs, let alone 8 of the buggers.
So after a bit of googling and not liking the look of the Borlas, the cost of the Iglese, or the injector position of the Jenvey's, it kinda lead to doing it DIY.
I wanted the classic looks, for it to cost sub £5k (including the ECU) and have a sensible injector position.
I came across this thread on the GT40 Forum - GT40 Forum
Jasper had the same idea I did, but only got it so far before shelving the project.
Still it was a base to start from.
I ordered the same Blue Thunder inlet he had from the states
Along with some Chinese replica Webers
When these arrived I was super surprised at the quality, the castings are far better than the Spanish Weber castings! I'd never want to run fuel through them, but they certainly look the part.
I couldn't resist a quick mock up in the engine bay
Before:
After:
Looks great but its a long road ahead.
The next step was getting the throttle linkage all built up as a test. I ordered the linkage bellcrank from Australia and the linkage arms from Webcon in the UK.
Might raise it a little depending on where I can get the injectors to fit.
Also I had a go at mocking the throttle position sensor up. I want it around the back out of the way.
So I removed this bolt from the main shaft and used this little Ali D piece, I got the blank for it from Emerald.
Quick test fit of the sensor and it fits quite nicely with room to make a bracket for it.
The next step was to try and be an engineer
Some dry shampoo on the bit I want to scan, so it’ll pick it up.
Ta da
I've still not used this scan for designing the bracket for the sensor. I will though soon.
After a lot of soul searching I decided I didn’t want to muller into my £1500 inlet manifold to try and fit some injectors at a daft angle, like Jasper did. I just couldn't help thinking I'd run into clearance issues everywhere.
So after a lot of messing, (Hours and hours of designing and measuring) I’ve made these spacers with injector bosses in them.
Will test fit with these then print them in nylon.
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