[DeTomaso] Cleveland EFI Project, looking for help on adding intake manifold injector pockets
JDeRyke at aol.com
JDeRyke at aol.com
Mon Nov 2 17:58:39 EST 2009
In a message dated 10/23/09 12:19:12 PM, kenn_green at yahoo.com writes:
> I need to get injector pockets installed into the intake manifold and get
> matching fuel rails. Is anyone set up to do this, or know someone who
> isn't real expensive, preferably in the LA or Orange County area?
>
FWIW, a few guys have done this in the past, to 351-C tunnel-ram intakes,
with unknown quality results. The only problem I've heard of concerns the
machined orientation of the injectors once spigots are welded into the runners.
The nozzles ideally should be aimed so that the spray pattern from each
injector is down the port directly at the backside of the intake valve. Most of
the weld-ups are not oriented this way, possibly because it results in odd
angles for injector tops that force multiple fuel rails, or protruding fuel
rails that interfere with other engine parts. So driveability and mileage
suffer, but some of the conversions were for street drag racing. Making your
own EFI manifold to work well on the street is not a job for a gas station
TIG welder, apparently. Good luck- J Deryke
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