Evening all!
In the process of trying to satisfy my infactuation with these giant chunks of iron, I have decided to to do some tinkering.
I'm in the process of playing with a full pressure 235 I picked up that's going in my 1951 Coupe Rat Rod.
Its heading to the machine shop to get balanced, then decking the block and cleaning up the head. Were shooting to get the compression up some. Drilling and tapping for full flow filtration, and making a PCV system to keep her clean inside. I picked up some Fenton split headers second hand. Modified a 250 HEI for use. I'm also installing a bulldog camshaft, and cleaning up the ports some. I'm ordering a Weber 38dges after a lengthy discussion with their tech experts, who were amazing.
Im going to mate it to a T5 trans with a 3.55 rear gear. Should be a great cruiser.
One thing im annoyed with is the money they ask for an intake for these things. I refuse to pay 300+ for an intake that takes less metal and machine work than most V8 intakes, which cost less.
I'm TIG/Machine/CAD/Laser saavy, so I have decided to play with one of 4 factory intakes I have laying around to see if I can make this Weber fit it without a restrictive adapter.Some machining, etc. and make it fit like it belongs. After studying the ports on these engines (tiny) I don't at this point see a definite advantage to alot of these aftermarket intakes (clifford to name one) with the giant open inside. I'm thinking a modified and lightly ported stocker would provide great velocity and bottom end torque.
All that said, i'm wondering if any of you Weber folks may have a 32/36 or 38/38 carb, or base gasket laying around that may be able to get me the dimensions, OD is the biggest concern.
Can anyone help?
Also, if there is interest, I can do a build thread and log the entire build.
Thanks!
Ryan
