Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications Duratec Performance Terry Q again. The "restriction"

I was out looking at my SVT today seeing how this spacer would fit, and it looks like it will fit fine if the rubber acordian tube were shortened to accomodate the TB from being 3/4 or however many inches its spaced away from the IM.

I did notice one llittle thing though, what about the bracket that holds the throttle cable and the cruise control cable? That would also have to move witht the TB, since the distance between the cable holders and the throttle lever is important.

Yes the lower right bracket mount would need to be shimmed (same thickness) and the upper just needs a extension. Simple fixes. The studs/bolts would most likely need to be replaced with longer ones too.
Since it's a complete unit itself it can be repositioned without screwing up any cable alignment.

As for a phenolic spacer. That what I used. A 5/8" piece of flat stock and drilled holes in it. Used a drill press and a cut out bit for the bore & then standard bit for the mounting holes. Used the 65mm TB gasket as a template.

I thought you were talking about the manifold itself.

I was talking about the manifold...
Demon, Why cant you just make a mold of one of the 6(or 2 of the 12) runners, and then make 6 of them, then you would just need to make a mold for the main part fo the upper intake(the central part, and you could do that in a top and bottom style setup... ) then just join them all togtether? would we also be making a lower manifold too? Because then you would run into more difficult setups..(ie postioning of the butterflies.. if you still want to use them.. and shape of the ports into the head...).. oh well.. just rambling on while im on break at work...

demon, have you driven your car with this spacer installed yet? how is it?

Nope. Not enough room to fit it in my intake setup "as is"

This will change in the near future.

Very interesting thread, id like to see someone get some dyno numbers with these setups. Also, what about the twin TB intake that I heard terry is working on, or is that hush hush???