[Brian Baker]

Originally Posted by Scott M

Mike Cooper said the manifold modifications were made by Jim Butler Performance.

Hopefully by now their aluminum welding skills have improved. The "good" welds looked like pigeon poop after hitting a sidewalk. The bad welds were nothing more than tacked slag with wide gaps between them, especially along the floor of the runners.

[Tom Vaught]

I think now if they need something Aluminum welded they go to Travis Q. Travis has some nice aluminum welding skills. Prior to that they probably farmed the work out as I have never seen a TIG machine at their business as long as I have been visiting there.

With them doing more aluminum heads, Travis could fill in on any minor welding/ repair issues easily.

When Lee S wanted his RA-V Tunnel Ram converted to EFI, Travis designed and built the plenum as well as installed the EFI bungs in the intake for Rodney & David Butler who did the short block for Lee.

Tom Vaught

[Brian Baker]

Just reporting on what I found. Regardless of who performed the work, I'm surprised it was found to be "acceptable"...particularly when it was going on a car with 7 second potential performance.

[Tom Vaught]

Until I can TIG better than the guy doing it, I am keeping my mouth shut. I can stick weld like a mofo though! (:>)

Tom Vaught

[62fatcat]

scott minuse,
cutting back the devider is nothing new, has been around for a long time and was also used in NA deals with log manifolds back in the day.
i once read a turbo guy with a chevy picked up quite a bit doing this back then.
i thought you would know this, ass you seam to bee quuite etilegant and verssed on the old scholl stoff.

[62fatcat]

from the picture i don't see anything wrong with the welding. just looks like it needs to be ported and polished to me.??
what is sm's problem with the butlers?? i have noticed the referincess in his past postes.

[Scott M]

[QUOTE=62fatcat;3850032]from the picture i(sic) don't see anything wrong with the welding. just(sic) looks like it needs to be ported and polished to me.??(sic)
what is sm's problem with the butlers(sic)?? i have noticed the referincess(sic) in his past postes.(sic)/QUOTE]

You noticed wrong, Cletus. I've never had any dealings with the Butlers.

And I'm not the one who commented on the quality of the welds, Cletus. I believe that was Brian Baker.

[Brian Baker]

Picture doesn't show down into the ports where the divider that was added was poorly welded...on all ports. I didn't buy this manifold from Butler either.