Tom sent some pictures of the prototype cast intake Manifold.

There is enough meat in the manifold so it can be ported out
for a six port or a late 13B or Cosmo 13B four port engine.

Looks great Tom. Send it to me before we do any fixes and I will check and
see if it can be assembled with the Wagner 90 degree tube bends and if it will
fit the stock turbo.

How many people are interested in this manifold as we are getting ready for
a production run of castings? We are not sure of the price just yet
but we think around $250.

Paul Lamar

BTW for the new guys this manifold does the difficult job of the transition
from the vertical oval ports on the engine to round aluminum tube pipes while
still keeping it close to the engine for stock turbo clearance.
Not an easy thing to do by cutting down a stock manifold or using
tubing bends alone. I know I have tried it several times.
Mounting bolts get in the way and there is a tricky transition
from a skewed oval port to a round pipe bend going off at angles.
Basically what I wound up with was a mess and several destroyed stock
manifolds after a lot of work trying.

It is designed for off the shelf low cost 90 degree aluminum pipe
bends From RB Wagner Co. http://www.rbwagner.com/

I will work for turbo or non turbo and keep the manifold low profile
to fit under stock cowls.

Paul Lamar
 
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