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yes, my initial design is a "shoebox" with a
flat lid and blue goo. it was easiest to bolt the carb with bolts from
inside the box, so I didn't weld the lid on, but bolted it instead.
while testing my setup without a fuel pump [I
have one now] the engine would run only up to about 1300rpm. I remember I
was pumping the throttle to see if that made any difference when I created the
"big bang" ☺ now I know why I couldn't get anything out of it afterwards
and consequentially gave up for the day.
so, I could rivet some nut plates to the
interior and weld it all shut [and not pump the throttle a bunch]. whether
a pressure relief valve of some type is necessary would be a topic for
discussion. obviously in flight this would have stopped the
engine. [and yes, EFI may have continued to run in this situation]
the shoebox was my crude effort to route two barrels into the four on the
renesis.
Ed - are your plastic cast intakes explosion
proof? I certainly understand now why stock intake manifolds always seem
so overly strong!
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