OK guys as some of you may know, my turbo Fairmont is receiving some new parts and in the quest to improve the horrible fuel distribution of the log head, I am working on a tripower modification and it will also be turbocharged. To my knowledge this has yet to be done. 8)
I am building this myself with only the use of hand tools and welding equipment, in other words no machine work. I am not a huge fan of the Offy intake for our small sixes and am too cheap to pay the price for one anyway. A big issue with the Offy adapter is it would raise the carbs enough that hood clearance would become an issue and I am not going to hack up my hood just to use a ready made adapter that is mediocre at best.
Instead I am completely plagiarizing an idea from Powerband in which he made an adapter from box steel that is removable. Unlike his design though, and in order to help in my quest to keep overall height in check, I am mounting my new plenum on the SIDE of the stock log.
This new plenum will be made of scrap steel tubing and of course will be to removable if need be to swap to other carb combinations.
Just wanted to share and as always to encourage others that although it may not be the "right" way to do something, it still has a chance of working and more importantly keeps the hands and mind busy and helps us all to learn.
Pics and more info to come.
I am building this myself with only the use of hand tools and welding equipment, in other words no machine work. I am not a huge fan of the Offy intake for our small sixes and am too cheap to pay the price for one anyway. A big issue with the Offy adapter is it would raise the carbs enough that hood clearance would become an issue and I am not going to hack up my hood just to use a ready made adapter that is mediocre at best.
Instead I am completely plagiarizing an idea from Powerband in which he made an adapter from box steel that is removable. Unlike his design though, and in order to help in my quest to keep overall height in check, I am mounting my new plenum on the SIDE of the stock log.
This new plenum will be made of scrap steel tubing and of course will be to removable if need be to swap to other carb combinations.
Just wanted to share and as always to encourage others that although it may not be the "right" way to do something, it still has a chance of working and more importantly keeps the hands and mind busy and helps us all to learn.
Pics and more info to come.