cutting up an intake

[RMVR53]

I have a project to do in the next week or two and seek out the wise council of the forum. I have an EA82 dual port turbo intake from a GL and a Spider intake from a dual port XT. One of the two is going to get its flanges cut off for a dual weber conversion project. Which one do I whack?...meaning which in the future do all feel is going to be the hardest to find so please don't cut that one up!!!

 

thanks

 

Bill

[WoodsWagon]

Cut up the turbo manifold. The spider manifold is an upgrade from a turbo manifold and therefore more desireable in it's origional form.

[RMVR53]

I kinda had that thought as well after I posted but I figured I run up the flag and see who saluted. Plus, if I ever have to put the XT back "original" I could...wouldn't run, but it would be original.

 

Bill

[Turbone]

The XT manifold has risers, which would make it to tall with the Webers on it.

Unless you plan on cutting a hole in the hood anyways?

[Gloyale]

It seems to me the lower section of the Spider intake could be used without cutting. Simply make a plate to match, and then fit a plug into the Injector bosses. (or just mount some injectors in there but don't hook them up.)

 

Then you have a place to mate you're custom intake to, and retain the coolant crossover section from the spider.

 

This way nothing would need to be cut at all.

 

If you cut the *normal* turbo intake......what are you going to do to keep the coolant crossover?

[RMVR53]

G,

 

thats actually where I'm working from at this point. After looking at it again this morning I "forgot" that the water jacket was a part of the turbo manifold. BUT... the spider is actually a two piece so I'm now working on a sketch of the spider bolt pattern for an adapter plate to the weber or am I wasting my time and someone already makes these? The actual adapter plate I was working on will adapt any dual port VW carb/manifold to a Subie dual port head.

 

Bill