[mgarblik]

Perfect! Just keep that gentle pressure on so they know we are not going away.

[stevesbirds]

Subscribing

[Darren 639]

433lemans I only tell my wife about 10% of the$$ my Pontiac habit cost. If she knew what I actually spent on my cars or parts she definitely would have divorced me a long time ago. She is always keeping an eye on our finances. She saved up for two expensive college tuitions. I know I would not have the discipline. good thing I have her to check me once in a while but I still make sure I can sneak in some of the hot set ups that we need like this intake. If I die she probably will sell it all for $500 and feel like she got fair money back deal. So be on lookout for big sale one day.

[tom s]

We have a zoom call with all the bodies this Tuesday!Tom

[tom s]

OK,had the call today.He is running a little behind because of the complexity of the intake and wants to get it right the first time.We confirmed some things he had questions in as he is designing the patterns.The first patterns will be of the early style.Having another call next week to get progress of them.One big issue for him has been the water donut and forward facing thermostat housing flange.We think it is still 4 weeks or so to have the pattern at the foundry and 2-3 weeks to put a machinable casting in Johns hands.IT is going to happen!There has been a lot of baby steps on the way but what I have seen today I think is a major step to get this deal done.Tom

[Darren 639]

Please just promise to dump my ashes in my back tire and then do burnouts thank you. Lol.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Darren 639

Please just promise to dump my ashes in my back tire and then do burnouts thank you. Lol.

Had a friend that we dumped his ashes down the carburetor of his big block Chevy Blazer.

K

[ANDYA]

Great news! Thank you Tom for all you are doing to get this manifold done. Can't wait to see it!

[mgarblik]

Thanks Tom for staying personally involved with this project! Again, I strongly feel local control is key to getting this thing done. That personal connection makes things happen. Really appreciate your efforts. Kind of sounds like late style manifolds late spring based on what I am hearing?

[tom s]

The late will come very soon after the early.As I remember the conversation it was only one pattern change.We will have another zoom call next week.The holiday is not helping.We found in the call that the patter showed that one of the bolts holding the thermo housing would have gone into water.That has been addressed.Amazing to watch them overlay the cad for the pattern to the actually machine cad.We are very confident the produced product will be great.Tom

[stevesbirds]

Tortoise always wins the race.

[Sirrotica]

I just looked at REEDRACERS signature quote:

Drag racing. An adrenalin rush like no other. It felt like going into combat, tasting your first beer, and losing you virginity, all in about 8 seconds.

I guess you never raced on a circle track, on dirt, if you think drag racing is the ultimate adrenaline rush.............

It lasts a lot longer than 8 seconds too!!!

Pardon me for the hijack.

[242177P]

Originally Posted by Sirrotica

I just looked at REEDRACERS signature quote:

I'm shocked you didn't recognize it as something David E. Davis Jr once wrote.

"That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind".
-242177P (circa December 2021)

[Sirrotica]

Originally Posted by 242177P

I'm shocked you didn't recognize it as something David E. Davis Jr once wrote.

"That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind".
-242177P (circa December 2021)

Probably because I don't pay much attention to Autoweek, or Motortrend, and there weren't quotes around the sentence, denoting it came from another source.

Actually until I read his obituary today, I had never heard of him, I must lead a sheltered life, huh?

[stevesbirds]

Are they 3D scanning the engine, or how are they achieving that?

[darbikrash]

Originally Posted by stevesbirds

Are they 3D scanning the engine, or how are they achieving that?

The original intake was 3D scanned, and converted into solids in CAD from the scan data. From there, several 3D printed versions were created for fit check on both early and late model engines.

Also made a billet late model on the CNC as well:

[hojs69]

Very nice billet.

[darbikrash]

We had another conference call today with the foundry and the pattern maker. We are finally seeing some great progress after months of waiting. The early style intake base pattern is progressing nicely, and the top pattern common to both early and late model is nearly finished.

They expect to have the top pattern complete and to the foundry late next week so samples of the top can be poured. The pattern maker committed to sending progress pics as they move forward so I will keep the board updated with pics as soon as I receive them.

Here is a few to get started:

[61-63]

Great to see and hear!

[mgarblik]

Thanks for the pics of the patterns in progress. It's a little confidence builder for everyone I am sure. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. Best of luck moving forward.