Thanks man!drag-200stang":2mxakrst said:You have done a very nice job!
On the gasket thickness, the flatter the two surfaces are the thinner it can be , and the thicker you go the more distortion you can have when tightened down...How thick is the gasket between the carb base and the body of the carb...It should represent the adapter to manifold surface.
At the top edge of the adapter is it the same size as the carb bore or a touch larger and not smaller?
Thats the only way to sweeten up the picture hahatdlund":2ogknsw2 said:I love that you have a cake next to your head
Thats a cover for the EGR port. I'll be running headers and so i wont be using it. I was thinking about drill and tapping it for a vacuum port but i dont have a tap for the vacuum fitting, or can I just use a normal tap? I believe the brass hose barbs are 1/4" NPTEconoline":by7g7uxq said:Hey Ryan, what's up with the plate you've got on there blocking the manifold port?
I'll send a pic later tonight or tomorrowchad":3nryye6a said:2X^^^^
he may send us a pic of it alone or alone mounted
Close but I was thinking of the gasket between the carb halves...Some carb to manifold gaskets can be a little too thick and that is when you find bent ears on the carb when over tightened...Really anything like that will be fine...StarDiero75":2tcd64wz said:Thanks man!drag-200stang":2tcd64wz said:You have done a very nice job!
On the gasket thickness, the flatter the two surfaces are the thinner it can be , and the thicker you go the more distortion you can have when tightened down...How thick is the gasket between the carb base and the body of the carb...It should represent the adapter to manifold surface.
At the top edge of the adapter is it the same size as the carb bore or a touch larger and not smaller?
So everything should be very flat. I ran the mill over all my machined surfaces real slow to get them all real nice and smooth. So my gasket should be similar in thickness to the carb gasket?
The ends of the slot fit the carb perfectly. The width of the slot is slightly larger. Why?
I know about bent ears, my 2100 had bent ears and i had to mill it flat. I mean i can look at getting a thinner material. I'll see what they have for gasket material. Otherwise I'll stick to the spacer to carb gasket thickness.drag-200stang":1r4z4h8h said:Close but I was thinking of the gasket between the carb halves...Some carb to manifold gaskets can be a little too thick and that is when you find bent ears on the carb when over tightened...Really anything like that will be fine...StarDiero75":1r4z4h8h said:Thanks man!drag-200stang":1r4z4h8h said:You have done a very nice job!
On the gasket thickness, the flatter the two surfaces are the thinner it can be , and the thicker you go the more distortion you can have when tightened down...How thick is the gasket between the carb base and the body of the carb...It should represent the adapter to manifold surface.
At the top edge of the adapter is it the same size as the carb bore or a touch larger and not smaller?
So everything should be very flat. I ran the mill over all my machined surfaces real slow to get them all real nice and smooth. So my gasket should be similar in thickness to the carb gasket?
The ends of the slot fit the carb perfectly. The width of the slot is slightly larger. Why?
That will be just fine...If the hole in the adapter was smaller than the carb bore it would hurt flow and could be tapered.
StarDiero75":2zs8v4p1 said:I'll be using headers so i can't run one anyway.bubba22349":2zs8v4p1 said:In your tuning experiments remember that on a street only car the EGR valve is quite useful in helping you to get the best in MPG. Plus since it's only operating at the higher hiway cruise speeds it doesn't really have an effect lower speed power. Good luck
Does the EGR not restrict and cause unnecessary backflow? I thought emissions crap usually reduced gas mileage
I did it all hand fed. It was a bit slow but it ate through it perfectly. There was no chatter or anything. Like cutting through butterchad":hihy96qj said:"...i used a 3/8 carbide end mill on a vertical mill at 500 RPM..."
4 lip (double end) end mill here. The 500 rpm seems slo but depends on speeds'n feeds (of course).
Some 'hand feed'. Others 'automatic table'.