Well, as the title implies, I made my own adapter plates for installing a PI intake on my 98. Reason: Infamous craked intake.
In case you missed the previous post (kinda hi-jacked at the end), here it is:
http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?p=4216438#post4216438
I've had some sealing issues with mounting the PI intake, not once but 3 times. Some research landed a link to the livernois kit. After a quick phone call, learned just how much they wanted
So, I called Ford to inquire about the correct intake, and they wanted almost as much as the entire livernois kit
Now, granted I'm not a skilled craftsman, or even a machinist, I'm an electronics technician by trade. However, one thing that I do have the ability to do is to "Afro-engineer" things. Before you all get upset by the term, a really good friend of mine and I almost started a company called "Afroengineering" because he was one of the last white guys out there with a 'fro dating back to the 70's. We also made alot of cool stuff in his back yard!
Ok, back on track: Went down to the local metal shop and purchased a couple of slabs of T6061 aluminum. Bought two sets of gaskets, PI and NPI, and used those as templates. Turned out pretty well, if I do say so myself. Granted, the lines aren't too straight, as I stated in the previous post, but then again I don't have a CNC machine in my garage, either.
On to the install. So far, I've got the intake torn off the car again, and the surfaces cleaned up. NPI gasket is down, adapter plate is down, followed by the PI gasket. I'll update this post as the install goes, to tell of any major issues or problems....
Thanks for listening!
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In case you missed the previous post (kinda hi-jacked at the end), here it is:
http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?p=4216438#post4216438
I've had some sealing issues with mounting the PI intake, not once but 3 times. Some research landed a link to the livernois kit. After a quick phone call, learned just how much they wanted
So, I called Ford to inquire about the correct intake, and they wanted almost as much as the entire livernois kit
Now, granted I'm not a skilled craftsman, or even a machinist, I'm an electronics technician by trade. However, one thing that I do have the ability to do is to "Afro-engineer" things. Before you all get upset by the term, a really good friend of mine and I almost started a company called "Afroengineering" because he was one of the last white guys out there with a 'fro dating back to the 70's. We also made alot of cool stuff in his back yard!
Ok, back on track: Went down to the local metal shop and purchased a couple of slabs of T6061 aluminum. Bought two sets of gaskets, PI and NPI, and used those as templates. Turned out pretty well, if I do say so myself. Granted, the lines aren't too straight, as I stated in the previous post, but then again I don't have a CNC machine in my garage, either.
On to the install. So far, I've got the intake torn off the car again, and the surfaces cleaned up. NPI gasket is down, adapter plate is down, followed by the PI gasket. I'll update this post as the install goes, to tell of any major issues or problems....
Thanks for listening!
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