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Old 05-07-2010, 09:21 PM
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All that space between the head and manifold is begging to have bungs welded for a reroute pipe. I hate how mine just floats under the manifold.
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Old 05-07-2010, 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by curly
All that space between the head and manifold is begging to have bungs welded for a reroute pipe. I hate how mine just floats under the manifold.


Yea, mine just king of hangs there now. If I end up routing it above the manifold (which I might for easy access) I'll make some king of brace for it.
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Old 05-07-2010, 11:37 PM
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The runners are all lined up pretty danr well. There's a small lip inside in some areas but nothing that I shouldn't be able to smooth out with a dremel.

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Did the best I can with the pics.
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Old 05-08-2010, 06:38 AM
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Looks closer matched than i would have thought. Id at least port those overhangs a bit, possibly the whole b6 part of the flange as well.
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I'm curious how much more power it would make with a P&P head with larger valves. Too bad you aren't closer you could throw mine on to get some numbers
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Old 05-11-2010, 02:07 PM
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Got it bead blasted, picking up throttle body after work. Just need gaskets.

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Old 05-11-2010, 02:39 PM
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This thread moves about as fast as a baseball game...boooooring
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yeah phil will turn what should be 20 mins worth of work into a 3 week affair. and dont give me that wife and kid schpiel lol
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Lev, how much did you spend total on building the block?


Thanks...
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Old 05-11-2010, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by neogenesis2004
This thread moves about as fast as a baseball game...boooooring
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Originally Posted by leatherface24
yeah phil will turn what should be 20 mins worth of work into a 3 week affair. and dont give me that wife and kid schpiel lol
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Originally Posted by jbrown7815
Lev, how much did you spend total on building the block?


Thanks...

I have a friend who builds engines so less than most.
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Originally Posted by levnubhin



I have a friend who builds engines so less than most.
I see.. if you had to estimate how much would it cost a regular person to buy the parts, and install them. (no shop work unless required)


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Originally Posted by jbrown7815
I see.. if you had to estimate how much would it cost a regular person to buy the parts, and install them. (no shop work unless required)


TIA
the answer is either: 7 or moar boost.
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Oh hey, look Jared. You see that? I can see the grass growing!
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You don't even know how many times Phil asked me what throttle body he needs for his honda b18 intake manifold...
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Sorry, wrong thread. Bye.
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One of you girls is more than welcome to come and put it on my car for me.
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levnubhin, everytime I see your name I want some Casablanca Café grouper and chips


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Originally Posted by Braineack
You don't even know how many times Phil asked me what throttle body he needs for his honda b18 intake manifold...
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Glad to see you got it together, now I want to see numbers (or a plot really).

Looks badass, hope it works well for you.
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