ckessel
Well-Known Member
Looks like my spacer is going to work, just need to true up the roundness of it. A woodworking neighbor is going to see if he can chuck up a piece of 6x6 that I have, on my cribbing cart, and get it spun down to 5" with his wood lathe. I marked and cut a piece of cardboard for the filter base. I measured out 18", 14" and 11", then cut it out. The 18 will give the 14" element 2" of air space around the outer area, 11" for the center opening will give me enough room for the element thickness and I'll be able to make a bead just inside to keep it in place. I set it over the TB and it looks like I was correct on offsetting it to the rear. I set the cable bracket in place, needed to bend a little more so it cleared the fuel rail, plus notch out the inner manifold bolt hole so it can slip under the bolt. Tried to get the bolt in without the cut but won't go. The bolts Indy used are 1" long which doesn't give enough thread engagement, to me with them threading into aluminum, so I'll get 1.25" later on. Tried a regular 1.25" bolt and the hole is deep enough. Plus if I go 6pt as opposed to the current 12pt, I can get a wrench on the inner bolts. Not enough room for a box end wrench even if it grind it down some. Open end will be fine. I dug out my old throttle cable to get all of the players in the mix and put it in place. I'll keep putzing with it some more but I think I'll have a workable unit. After I cut some material for the base and get it set in place, I'll set the spacer on and then start filling in the opening between the base and spacer.
