Roaring Forties 66
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Before I continue with the final assy, the old man and myself had started building an eight barrel injection for the next engine. Its still not finished, but here's a few photos of it so far.
Started with a weber manifold and decided to go for a clean look.
Each TB started as a billet of S/S, it will have the injector and throttle shaft housings welded in.
The ram tube is threaded to the TB.
Clayton
Started with a weber manifold and decided to go for a clean look.
Each TB started as a billet of S/S, it will have the injector and throttle shaft housings welded in.
The ram tube is threaded to the TB.
Clayton
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Also wanted to run a single fuel rail down the centre.
Took a lot of time to get the angles and heights right.
The twin rods under the fuel rail will be the throttle linkages, both pulling inwards.
Clayton
Took a lot of time to get the angles and heights right.
The twin rods under the fuel rail will be the throttle linkages, both pulling inwards.
Clayton
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As you can see from the previous posts, we had quite a lot of failures with pressing the ram tubes.
We had done this before, but not as long or in S/S.
The tubes are 2" 316 s/s and wanted to put in a taper over its length with the largest bell as possible.
Had to put them into a sleeve with the same taper so the tube wouldn't bulge under all the pressure.
Clayton
We had done this before, but not as long or in S/S.
The tubes are 2" 316 s/s and wanted to put in a taper over its length with the largest bell as possible.
Had to put them into a sleeve with the same taper so the tube wouldn't bulge under all the pressure.
Clayton
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To stop the bell from splitting, we ended up annealing the tube and pressed it a bit more.
This is the maximum we could get out of them. We tried lots of other ideas, but nothing worked.
Tubes were then internally threaded to suit the TB.
Clayton
This is the maximum we could get out of them. We tried lots of other ideas, but nothing worked.
Tubes were then internally threaded to suit the TB.
Clayton
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Clayton,
Really fantastic fabrication work.
-Bob Woods
Really fantastic fabrication work.
-Bob Woods
Start of the linkage system. The alloy block has two small gears so that the shafts rotate opposite to each other.
Part of the idle stop bracket, each TB will have a separate linkage to the centre shafts.
Playing around with some mesh screens for the look.....
Have made some more progress with the linkages, but no pictures on hand.
Clayton
Part of the idle stop bracket, each TB will have a separate linkage to the centre shafts.
Playing around with some mesh screens for the look.....
Have made some more progress with the linkages, but no pictures on hand.
Clayton
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Now back to the final assy.
The water pipes were covered in two layers of exhaust heat wrap. (Tried three, but wouldn't fit)
Wound one way then the other to try and keep air gaps to a minimum.
Then used some large heat shrink to hold it all together.
Engine pipes finished as well.
Clayton
The water pipes were covered in two layers of exhaust heat wrap. (Tried three, but wouldn't fit)
Wound one way then the other to try and keep air gaps to a minimum.
Then used some large heat shrink to hold it all together.
Engine pipes finished as well.
Clayton
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Clayton,
To save me a bunch of time, from now on just assume that every one of your posts will elicit the response "fantastic", "beautiful fabrication work", and "great ideas" from me, and I won't have to respond to every post...
-Bob Woods
To save me a bunch of time, from now on just assume that every one of your posts will elicit the response "fantastic", "beautiful fabrication work", and "great ideas" from me, and I won't have to respond to every post...
-Bob Woods
Bob, +1
Clayton, incredible work on that injection system and coolant tube. You and your pops have some incredible skills. Really nice stuff...
David
Clayton, incredible work on that injection system and coolant tube. You and your pops have some incredible skills. Really nice stuff...
David
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