Where did my post go? I basically explained exactly what Lost did.
Very nice manifold.
Where did my post go? I basically explained exactly what Lost did.
Very nice manifold.
few more pictures,i'm making the vaccume rail that runs across the manifold,the main vaccume tap on this manifold is on the left side,so this runs across the runners and exists on the right side. see if you can guess what this runner is made from lol. the fittings will tig weld on to the ends of it.
this is a better explantion of what the extra lines on the manifold are for,the vaccume gauges are liquid filled,and require a vent to be in the upright position,so i had to make a venting system for them to operate in this position. or the fluid would run out,thats the upright thing with the lines attached to it. not the fuel rail,but the other. the plastic lines will attach to the back of each gauge with a special fitting i made.
also here is the other thread with the manifold piece tacked up and the two videos
https://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61333
is there anyway to move this entire thread to research and development? i'm still not sure why it wound up in off topic in the first place. we need a section there just for carb research,there are a number of people on the board building multiple carb setups,and it's def technical research. we need to move all those threads to one place,so it would be eaisier for someone to compare the projects.
That looks crazy enough to belong in an art museum. I can't believe I missed this thread.
88 LX-i coupe auto (241K DD), 88 LX-i coupe 5-speed, 89 SE-i coupe auto.
CARDONE SUCKS.Originally Posted by stat1K
you ought to see what i just saw in a hot rod magazine, barry grant is now offering clear red fuel lines. these are absolute bad ass looking. i'm sure they are made of modern materials too of course. my regulator will mount right above the runners,so i think that would look awesome running from the firewall to the regulator and up to the center of the fuel rail. I think demon carburation makes them if i read correctly. this will get looked into tomorrow.
Yeah, a Carb R&D would be nice, but why not just use the general R&D?
I have a DCOE setup on paper that will retain cruise control and AC, add electronic ignition, and will add water injection. So far, it looks like everything BUT fueling will be directly computer controlled.
lots more pictures coming tomorrow of the vaccume rail finished,working on mounting it right now.
dont forget about my dizzy
ok some new pictures. this is the vaccume rail that runs across the front of the manifold.
this is in rough position of where the rail will mount
these small lines will be the vents to the gauges
marking the location of the holes on the bracket,still in raw form
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tools of the trade
the blue is layout fluid for marking the metal
finished other then paint
the standoffs are actually at an angle to the mounting bracket,i had to bolt the mounting bracket down,hold the rail in posion so it was correct,drill the holes at an angle through the side of the bracket. i then put a long stainless bolt through the rail,through the spacers,screwed in,then the back half of the spacers got tig welded,the bolts removed,and the front half welded up. after that the spacers were tapped at 5/16-18,the mounting holes on the rail enlarged, and the rail was bolted to the mounting bracket.
Last edited by lostforawhile; 08-02-2007 at 06:39 PM.
When that is going to the accord, people will just be like holy shit. Nice work Tim.
Sam
1989 Accord LX: Sold with 208k-now somewhere around 230k with new owner
Current:
2014 Elantra Sport 6MT
2000 Montero Sport 4x4 (beater, trail rig)
Yeah nice work. Purple paint next?
here is a side angle picture showing the angle of the standoffs. i had this entire thing in the hardware store getting bolts and such for it,and people were like wtf is that thing. had a bit of a crowd in nuts and bolts. that is the only place for twenty miles who has stainless steel metric cap screws. i have a lot of work before it goes on the accord. i want to finish the paint first,because i need to drive it back and forth,and it'll be down for a while,when i put these on. after the manifold is completly finished,then i have to yank the carbs and get rebuilding. they leak oil everywhere. i was expecting that on 35 year old carbs though. they are simple to rebuild.
Re: the vaccume rail is done in two posts
yep
Nice work, can't wait to see it finished.
Yeah It looks really good!
another thread for this thread https://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61423
Nice!
1988 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe 123k miles.
Looks Great
2004-2011?
looks good but I would of opted to run everything underneath the manifold to clean it up imo
hope it clears.
1989 Honda Accord LX-i
B18c1 swap since 7/2011
175whp and 132tq
Redzone tuned
ya it';ll clear. my intake tube and air cleaner sit a lot higher then that on top of the existing carb. remember theres not even a carb sitting on top of this intake,they are at the back. picture your intake with nothing on top of it and you'll see how low it actually sits. theres a whole bunch of crap sticking out of the top of the factory manifold. plus the engine is tilted back fifteen degrees so it actually sits pretty low under the hood. i didn't want to hide everything under the manifold,because i wanted a very industrial,functional looking design. someone told me it actually looks like some kind of spacecraft. i was thinking a little bit of making it look like industrial art. I'm also a fan of Indian Larry and designers like him, who like to put all the mechanical stuff on display,where it should be.
i finally made the lines for the gauge vents. been trying to figure the logistics for a while. the gauges need vents to operate properly,and because they are mounted horizontally,the damping fluid(glycerin) would run out,so i had to invent a system to vent the gauges,and keep the fluid. been working on it for a while, and got stuck on how to connect the gauges to the vent lines. finally figured out,i could make fittings with a 1/4-28 socket head cap screw,with a hole drilled in it,and hard plastic gauge line. i epoxied the line permanently into the screws,then used standard compression fitings on the other end. the other parts were made earlier. it goes to a central vent that is attached to the lines. these parts used to be painted purple,but i had to blast the paint off due to the soldering coming loose. i still have to resolder them and to the bracket. thats why in some pics they are purple and not in others.
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Do them SU side draft carbs need that much vacuum modifications to work right?
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