I made a little progress on the p port today and have the runners  in
place though not finished welded.   These are 21" long from the rotor
face.  They are steel but the bell mouths are aluminum made by Ed
Klepeis.  Eventually the bellmouths will be epoxied to the runners but
for todays photo session we went with hose and clamps.  They were not
easy to make but if I had to make more, now that I have learned how, it
would not be a difficult process.

Originally, the throttle bodies had a 2 inch o.d. where they were to
butt up against the runners.   The i.d. is 1.625. The sweep radius had
to be 2.5 inches so that the runners would lay low across the top of
the engine. A 3 inch R was way to high.   The search for a sweep to fit
the above proved fruitless.  Ed  K. did find a 1.9 o.d. aluminum sweep
with a 1.61 i.d. which was close enough.  However, this material was in
a very soft condition and I could not clamp it securely enough to saw
or part off, without distorting it beyond use.  I am sure a real
machinist could have figured out a way, but it whipped me.

Finally I switched to a steel 1.75 o.d. x 1.625 i.d. x  2.5R  which
made an excellent runner except that it did not match the throttle body
or the bell mouth.  Collars had to be made to match the 1.75 to 2
inches at the throttle body and 1.75 to 1.9 at the bell mouth. These
were welded to the runner and I was nearly in business.  At least on
the throttle body end I could use 2 inch i.d. hose and clamp it
together.  I hoped it would work on the bell mouth  but  the 1.9 o.d.
was too small for the  hose and I could not clamp  securely.  As I
said, they will be epoxied eventually.

The runners travel slightly downhill from the bell mouths. I did this
to created clearance for the Bells over the engine.  Here are a couple
of photos.   Next pics, hopefully, will be of the powder coated
finished product which will include the plenum, fuel rail and dual air
intakes (filtered or ram).     Jerry

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