1997 centurion ground up build

[Madscientist]

Started welding them this afternoon. One side is now done. Big improvement in airflow for about 6 hrs of my time.

 

[Madscientist]

Did a couple hrs on my blower manifold. mostly got the plates done, lots more to do.

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[Madscientist]

I wanted to do a cross ram style intake for my blower. I was going to have approximately 12" runners. I wanted to test the torq of it on a dyno and see if the long runners were even noticeable. Injector placement and about of fabing it to make fit would be a nightmare. I have changed my route and going with a straight shot down. Still going to be about 6" runners but a much smoother transition. I made a mock up piece and got my blower height and belt alignment set tonight. I've made great progress tonight and should have it at least tacked together by sunday.

 

[phatphuck]

This thread doesn't get its due. You're well above my comfort zone with some of the fabrication work but I appreciate this effort man! Keep it up!

 

[Supercharged111]

I wanted to do a cross ram style intake for my blower. I was going to have approximately 12" runners. I wanted to test the torq of it on a dyno and see if the long runners were even noticeable. Injector placement and about of fabing it to make fit would be a nightmare. I have changed my route and going with a straight shot down. Still going to be about 6" runners but a much smoother transition. I made a mock up piece and got my blower height and belt alignment set tonight. I've made great progress tonight and should have it at least tacked together by sunday.

Is the runner length really gonna matter that much with that bigass blower?

 

[Madscientist]

Is the runner length really gonna matter that much with that bigass blower?

In the grand scheme of things, probably not. With a turbo, different intakes have made big differences. It was more of a Science experiment but easily tripple the fab work.

 

[Supercharged111]

In the grand scheme of things, probably not. With a turbo, different intakes have made big differences. It was more of a Science experiment but easily tripple the fab work.

That and the longer the runners, the less you can see right? Or you thinking full Cleetus on this?

 

[Madscientist]

That and the longer the runners, the less you can see right? Or you thinking full Cleetus on this?

I was going to go have them "X" under the blower to keep the height down. I have 16" of available height before I need a cowl hood lol. It will be roughly 5" higher than a ls truck intake. I'm keeping everything contained under hood.

 

[Supercharged111]

Oh that's a good call, but now the added complexity and asspain makes more sense too. I'm curious to see how this shakes out.