the more you get into this hobby the more you realize, that theres a vast amount of modifications,
that you could do to improve performance or adapt components designed for a slightly different application,
to match your unique needs, and its only your skill with some basic tools like a drill press,
a decent quality welder, mill or lathe and your imagination, or lack of skills and tools
that prevents you from making a great many modifications or improvements.
most of us learn from making mistakes,
smart people learn from both watching other people make mistake's and doing a bit of research,
and looking for the results ,
and methods that the most successful people have developed,
rather than trying to make their own mistakes.
there's no sense in trying to re-invent something others have previously done and gotten great results, smart people start with a well proven product or well documented plan, then try to make improvements from a known successful combo.
if you look closely at the mods that were made posted in the post above he basically drilled and in some cases threaded several holes,
in two aluminum plates to adapt the older twin throttle body and throttle bracket to the newer plenum.
I doubt you.ll have a hard time locating the materials required,
if your willing to do a internet search of metal supplys near you or on e-bay,
so its simply the lack of skill and tools preventing most guys from doing similar things
my dad always stated..
"A couple hours , well spent in doing carefully documented &,detailed research,
before.... jumping head first off the dock,
into any project,....can prevent you from wasting month's of non-productive work and a wheel barrow full of cash!!"
related threads
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...op-needs-a-decent-drill-press.970/#post-50726
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...hine-tools-like-a-mill-lathe.8340/#post-29987
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...luid-chip-filter-for-my-mill.6093/#post-18813
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...and-lathe-info-you-might-need.2198/#post-8396
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...ome-help-me-out-here-gentelmen.993/#post-4129
MATERIALS COST well under THE COST YOU MIGHT EXPECT
its the tools and knowledge that costs you, you could get a quote from a machine shop for $500
and if you have the tooling build it for well less than 1/2 that
btw these linked on-line prices are far higher than many local metal supply stores.. measure very accurately, do the required math and shop carefully
https://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?pid=1249&step=4&showunits=inches&id=76&top_cat=60
https://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?pid=14499&step=4&showunits=inches&id=1268&top_cat=0
that you could do to improve performance or adapt components designed for a slightly different application,
to match your unique needs, and its only your skill with some basic tools like a drill press,
a decent quality welder, mill or lathe and your imagination, or lack of skills and tools
that prevents you from making a great many modifications or improvements.
most of us learn from making mistakes,
smart people learn from both watching other people make mistake's and doing a bit of research,
and looking for the results ,
and methods that the most successful people have developed,
rather than trying to make their own mistakes.
there's no sense in trying to re-invent something others have previously done and gotten great results, smart people start with a well proven product or well documented plan, then try to make improvements from a known successful combo.
if you look closely at the mods that were made posted in the post above he basically drilled and in some cases threaded several holes,
in two aluminum plates to adapt the older twin throttle body and throttle bracket to the newer plenum.
I doubt you.ll have a hard time locating the materials required,
if your willing to do a internet search of metal supplys near you or on e-bay,
so its simply the lack of skill and tools preventing most guys from doing similar things
my dad always stated..
"A couple hours , well spent in doing carefully documented &,detailed research,
before.... jumping head first off the dock,
into any project,....can prevent you from wasting month's of non-productive work and a wheel barrow full of cash!!"
related threads
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...op-needs-a-decent-drill-press.970/#post-50726
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...hine-tools-like-a-mill-lathe.8340/#post-29987
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...luid-chip-filter-for-my-mill.6093/#post-18813
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...and-lathe-info-you-might-need.2198/#post-8396
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...ome-help-me-out-here-gentelmen.993/#post-4129
MATERIALS COST well under THE COST YOU MIGHT EXPECT
its the tools and knowledge that costs you, you could get a quote from a machine shop for $500
and if you have the tooling build it for well less than 1/2 that
btw these linked on-line prices are far higher than many local metal supply stores.. measure very accurately, do the required math and shop carefully
https://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?pid=1249&step=4&showunits=inches&id=76&top_cat=60
https://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?pid=14499&step=4&showunits=inches&id=1268&top_cat=0
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