Mike Wills wrote:

Paul,

  You answered half of my questions. Now for the other half. Have you
checked the drawing I sent you against your 6 port block? And what is

the

status (if any) on a group fab of intake manifold flanges and other
assorted bits to build the manifold?

Mike Wills

Sorry Mike I have been meaning to get over there and check with that
guy. He was supposed to call me with a quote. I will try to fit it in
tomorrow morning on the way to the hangar.

snips....

Todd Carrico wrote:

I may have a source for the water jet cutting.  Could you send a DXF?
What material, and how many?  This shop specializes in small runs.  They
also have a HAUS CNC (4 axis I think).  Let me know if I can help.

tc

I checked with the guy today. He just forgot about it. Looks like we now have 
it handled Todd. Maybe Tracy will be marketing them I hope. I don't want to do
it unless I have to :-) 

What we really need is some wiggins couplings and simple
aluminum washers for the barry mounts. Does your guy have an NC lathe? 

BTW I was so impressed with JB Weld as used on my water pump that I think 
we can use it to hold the wiggins couplings on the coolant system aluminum tube 
plumping. The coupling just needs enough overlap for a safety factor of three or
four.

The JB Weld bond is claimed to be good for about 3000 psi and 600 degrees F. 
If the tube is 1.5 inch OD and the length of overlap .25 inches we will
have a bond area of 1.178 square inches or 3500 pound pull apart load. 
We could easily make the bond area .5 inch wide so that would be a 
7000 pound pull apart load. Sounds good to me and easier than welding
or swaging.

Paul Lamar
 
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