32 Ford "tweaks" and a few mods

[GregWeld]

I like 'em low too -- and will do what we can.

Yes - Beaches - Wednesday afternoon show...

[96z28ss]

Okay, its your car if you want a cup holder then have one put in.
The problem is the're thinking its not cool. What if you challenged them to add a cup holder that was engineered to be hidden, and fits in a very small space.
Saabs have been known to have some cool ones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMxsf7PA95E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wX00yKAFsE

Here is a Mercedes SL500
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wX00yKAFsE

[ProTouring442]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Bill --- I have no idea buddy!

All I do know is that with the common plenum in the Inglese intake - I have plenty of vacuum for the items that need it. BTW -- Just so there's no confusion -- the plenum is not like a carb plenum -- there's no common area for the intake side -- just for creating a vacuum source. Otherwise each TB has it's own runner. Make sense?

OK, that makes sense. I was thinking it was more like a carb plenum, but this is just to balance out a good vacuum signal. Got it!

Thanks!
Bill

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by ProTouring442

OK, that makes sense. I was thinking it was more like a carb plenum, but this is just to balance out a good vacuum signal. Got it!

Thanks!
Bill

Bill --- here's some pics of the INGLESE intake to show you what they did.

So the bottom of the intake has a nice cover over it:




Shown here with the cover removed - if you look closely you can see the small holes from the runner to this common plenum area:





Here's the holes from runner to the plenum area -- so you can see how this really only creates vacuum -- not really a common area with the problems of reversion etc:

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by 96z28ss

Okay, its your car if you want a cup holder then have one put in.
The problem is the're thinking its not cool. What if you challenged them to add a cup holder that was engineered to be hidden, and fits in a very small space.
Saabs have been known to have some cool ones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMxsf7PA95E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wX00yKAFsE

Here is a Mercedes SL500
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wX00yKAFsE

Bob -- I think he's right with the "no" on the cup holder.... for a couple of reasons -- the first one being - it's a manual trans - and drinking coffee in a moving car is hard enough.... with the stick it's almost impossible... and I do "spill" once in a while - and the square weave carpet is not the best for clean up... and it's really just not a hot rod item.... so I agreed with him (those weren't Steve's reasons - he just said NO)... because when I thought about it... it just doesn't work. I'm okay with that.

My alternate option I came up with was to do a Mooneyes tank in front of the grill shell - and run a line into the drivers side that I can suck on . I've talked to my dentist to source one of those "J" shaped ends like they hang in your mouth some times. I think the coffee running in a clear hose would look old skool like we used to use clear or red fuel lines. Mooneyes offers a tank with a pressure pump - so I could just add some pressure to the tank - add a check valve - and a brake bias valve - and viola! Got Coffee on tap!

[96z28ss]

I had cup holders in manual stick cars. Never stoped me from drinking while driving. But I can understand, your getting up there in age now and multi-tasking is becoming to much for you to handle.

The moon eye tank idea, not bad but it would have to be thermolated cause it would be ice coffee in just a few miles.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by 96z28ss

But I can understand, your getting up there in age now and multi-tasking is becoming to much for you to handle.

What were we talking about?

[BRIAN]

The stacks are cool but the price to cool ratio is a bit off since they cost more than a blower. About 5 years ago Inglese was cleaning house and selling off a lot of odd stuff. They had a 4X2 inline vintage Weber looking manifold. It looked like an old Ferrari with all those carbs inline. It used an offset dist to clear the rear carb. It was super cool and different. They had a billet 1 piece air cleaner that just looked funny. Would loved to have seen it with short stacks and screens.

Just throwing out an idea to make the SBC a little different. They sold it for like $15-1800. Yes, I should have bought it!!

[GregWeld]

Yes Inglese - or any 8 stacks for that matter - aren't exactly "cost effective" -- but is anything we do with these toys?

I personally like the old skool kool of the multi "carb" look on these cars...

Ala my Nomad which has a combo of the new Inglese intake but using the Imagine Injection throttle bodies.... and I can mix up the looks using different stacks and or filters...


I have the full on filtered billet look.....




Or the 2 1/2" short stack / screened look....





Or the 5" tall nasty stack look....




Or the way it currently is set up.... short Cooks filters with the painted valve covers....

[Flash68]

Nice pics Greg. I like versions 2 and 4 myself!