304 Intake Manifold Swap - CommodoresPlus

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August 3, 2016 at 5:14 pm #18858
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Don’t think so. He got shafted on his motor.

Craig FLI355 is his cousin. Ask him
August 3, 2016 at 5:49 pm #18861
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cava454 wrote:

Some companies even make a slip in adapter that slides in like the factory metal hose, if tapping or welding a Bung on isn’t your thing

Where do you get these from?
August 3, 2016 at 6:14 pm #18862
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Hoopstar wrote:

cava454 wrote:

Some companies even make a slip in adapter that slides in like the factory metal hose, if tapping or welding a Bung on isn’t your thing

Where do you get these from?

i can’t remember 100%. I just remember seeing them going damn I that’s cool.

Prob aeroflow
August 4, 2016 at 12:24 am #18864
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If i remember correctly Gator Inductions was making the fittings cava is talking about, it was about the same price to buy them or buy the weld on -6 fittings and then get them Tig welded on

i dont think aeroflow had the complete holden v8 fuel rail kits out when i done mine. i like how mine came up but the only issue i have is every other hose and fitting on the car is black, and the rails are the only thing that is polished
August 4, 2016 at 4:15 am #18866
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This was last night effort…..

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August 4, 2016 at 6:09 am #18868
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exec24 wrote:

If i remember correctly Gator Inductions was making the fittings cava is talking about, it was about the same price to buy them or buy the weld on -6 fittings and then get them Tig welded on i dont think aeroflow had the complete holden v8 fuel rail kits out when i done mine. i like how mine came up but the only issue i have is every other hose and fitting on the car is black, and the rails are the only thing that is polished

Gator. That’s them.

If polish isn’t your thing you can get the rails anodised pretty cheap.
August 4, 2016 at 6:16 am #18869
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You can see mine. That’s when polish was flawless. But it doesn’t take much to scratch it sadly.
August 4, 2016 at 7:35 am #18870
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cava454 wrote:

Gator. That’s them. If polish isn’t your thing you can get the rails anodised pretty cheap.

see how i go, might anodize them later on, for now i’ll leave them as they are see if they bug me, dont really want to pull the car apart again just yet
August 15, 2016 at 12:19 pm #19048
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Progress (if only a little)….
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August 15, 2016 at 1:13 pm #19054
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Looking very neat, nice work.
August 19, 2016 at 4:10 pm #19141
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So a slight change in plans, I have gone with the Aeroflow fuel rails as they have a lower/slimmer overall profile for a slightly cleaner/tidier look and it will also make future plans a little easier. The brackets supplied with the rails are to fit the factory manifold, I’ll end up making some more that will bolt the rails directly to the manifold to make it look a little tidier again.

Just need to order some more hose and fittings to mount the FPR (Turbosmart 800) and complete that part of the swap.
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August 19, 2016 at 4:16 pm #19144
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Yea nice, they will be much neater,, especially once you make neater, slim line mounting brackets.
August 22, 2016 at 10:53 am #19200
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Ordered more Hose and fittings today, all in black (off course) so I should have everything now to complete the fuel rail/FRP install bar fittings to hook up to the hard lines which I’ll get once it’s all in the car and I can figure out the angles to make it all line up.
August 22, 2016 at 3:04 pm #19203
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I do that (try to think ahead) but then it always seems I am one fitting short of what I need or what I have isnt quite right….
August 22, 2016 at 3:36 pm #19204
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I’m trying not to get ahead of myself and end up with a whole lot of fittings I don’t need or can’t use. Seems my local supplier has a good stock of fittings so most stuff is available on my doorstep the next day
August 22, 2016 at 3:56 pm #19205
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I could just about build a second car with the surplus fitting I have…
August 22, 2016 at 3:59 pm #19206
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im just about to do a big order. It’s not one of those things u wanna stuff up. They are the cheapest of things.

It would be good if I could have a truck fully loaded come to mine for a weekend and then just buy what I actually take LOL
August 22, 2016 at 5:09 pm #19207
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The guy I’m dealing with suggested bringing in the manifold so we could piece it all out on the bench. I guess that’s not really possible in your situation though
August 22, 2016 at 5:49 pm #19209
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Haha I wish.

This is down side to aftermarket Reg. Can’t fit a stock Reg.
August 22, 2016 at 6:05 pm #19212
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Yeah, I would have had to change it all out one day to suit future plans so I decided to bite the bullet and get it all done now.
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