Need help with custom intake!

[AJ]

That car was my first car. Mine was an 86 Iroc-Z in white. .

You guys are making me nostalgic. My first car was a 1972 Challenger with the 340. Cream with a vinyl top. Sold it when gas hit 50 cents a gallon, since she was good for maybe 14 mpg if I drove like a grandma. Given how much that Challenger has appreciated, it would have more than paid for the wasted gas! Suspect those IROCs are still pretty cheap as collectables. Looks like the trans ams are finally starting to move.

 

[850 Combat]

Mine is an 87 IROC-Z. A lot of chassis (braces galore), suspension (Koni shocks and adjustable everything), brake work (Corvette), and obviously the wheels are Corvette (18x10.5 with 295 rubber front and back). It will be for sale in the Spring.

The KTM won't be taken out until we get a good rain to wash the salt away and there is room in the garage. Is there a "post pics of your other rides" thread? I'll put some more pics of past/present vehicles in there.

those were stout autocrossers in their day. I never owned one, but traded off with a guy who had one for a number of dollar runs. Very strong acceleration out of slow turns, I thought. Of course, all those mods, except the shocks, would have been illegal in F Stock...

 

[boontonmike]

She's pretty. I'm lovin the hardtop with the charcoal rims. I bet she handles nice with all the bracing. I miss how well my iroc turned even with stock suspension. I've been debating getting another one in the next couple of years, I work at PST now so I can get parts at a great price. My ideal combo would be a hardtop 3.1 v6, add a turbo, t56 trans, 4.10 posi and every brace along with some bilsteins and mild lowering springs.

Ah the thoughts seeing your car brings up, haha.

 

[Racing Geek]

You guys are making me nostalgic. My first car was a 1972 Challenger with the 340. Cream with a vinyl top. Sold it when gas hit 50 cents a gallon, since she was good for maybe 14 mpg if I drove like a grandma. Given how much that Challenger has appreciated, it would have more than paid for the wasted gas! Suspect those IROCs are still pretty cheap as collectables. Looks like the trans ams are finally starting to move.

My Camaro averages 14mpg city, 22mpg highway, and will sometimes drop below 10mpg on race day.

those were stout autocrossers in their day. I never owned one, but traded off with a guy who had one for a number of dollar runs. Very strong acceleration out of slow turns, I thought. Of course, all those mods, except the shocks, would have been illegal in F Stock...

I autocross it but built it with track days at Road America as the end goal. For autocross I'm put in S-Mod but I use a street tire index since I don't have the money to spend on race rubber every year. There is plenty of torque even with the stock motor. So much so that I even made an adjustable rear sway bar to make it easier to figure out the best setup.

She's pretty. I'm lovin the hardtop with the charcoal rims. I bet she handles nice with all the bracing. I miss how well my iroc turned even with stock suspension. I've been debating getting another one in the next couple of years, I work at PST now so I can get parts at a great price. My ideal combo would be a hardtop 3.1 v6, add a turbo, t56 trans, 4.10 posi and every brace along with some bilsteins and mild lowering springs.

Ah the thoughts seeing your car brings up, haha.

Over 1g on street tires when I had it on a "skidpad" (aka big flat parking lot).

I'm trying to sell the car to fund my motorcycle hobby and to start putting money aside for my next car project. Here is a quick rundown of that...
-- V10 (~500hp/500trq)
-- 6 speed manual
-- AWD
-- 1930's (ish) sedan body
-- 350/xx/17 tires at all corners
-- spartan interior
-- estimated total weight ~2600#
-- estimated total cost ~$15,000
I have sketches and parts already modeled in Solidworks and Inventor. I just need the time, money, and space to do it. Pretty much everything is figured out.



To get back on topic here is the build thread that I started.
http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?p=1582719&posted=1#post1582719

 

[AJ]

Any more thoughts on the manifold?

 

[Racing Geek]

Nope. I haven't finished any motor mounts either. School work (I'm 21) is starting to pile up so I've been reluctantly focusing most of my time on that. The swap meet I went to yesterday didn't have anything I wanted for this project but I got a ton of other killer deals. Wheels, seats, gas tanks, wiring harnesses, carb boots, calipers, forks... all kinds of stuff for $1. I came home with nothing of immediate use but tons of stuff to resell to fund this project. I plan to have some carbs and a rear wheel purchased by the end of the week.

Once I get a couple motor mounts made for the test frame (just enough to keep the engine in place) and the carbs show up I can start on the intake manifolds. I'll probably end up swapping the suspension over to the test frame too this way I can see what kind of chain issues I'll have or if I'll have any.