Project Bad Penny - more changes because done is boring

[Steve1968LS2]

Have you had any ideas on making the " ice cube trays " functioonal? I have a few ideas, but I'm not sure what to do in case of a down pour...

Well, water on the engine wouldn't be a HUGE problem with EFI.. You could fab some block offs to use in bad weather.

Maybe they could even be magnetic

[Jim Nilsen]

Well, water on the engine wouldn't be a HUGE problem with EFI.. You could fab some block offs to use in bad weather.

Maybe they could even be magnetic

Buick GS air cleaners has some routing and there were drainholes to make sure that not much water ever got to the carb. There might be some ideas to be picked up from them engineering wise. The right size perforated metal can be used to open and block passages with a slide and a simple cable.

Just a few thoughts

[Mark Antrim]

does that car have zippers installed on it? your always taking it apart and doing something to it.

[Jim Nilsen]

Buick GS air cleaners has some routing and there were drainholes to make sure that not much water ever got to the carb. There might be some ideas to be picked up from them engineering wise. The right size perforated metal can be used to open and block passages with a slide and a simple cable.

Just a few thoughts

Another thought on the subject: with the sensors they have now to automatically turn on your wipers you could make a tray/box out of perforated material that would be open on the top and closed on the sides and when it would slide it would alternate.You would then be getting air from the engine bay when it is raining. Since you are running the intake like you have, the throttle body wouldn't care as long as it was getting enough cfm and it is filtered somewhere before it. When it rains, gets wet or the car is off it could close the tray/box and the solenoid that moves it would be automatic. All of this could be done with a cable as said earlier. I can see this being done in carbon fiber also. I do believe you have more than enough hood clearance and it could be mounted to the top of the engine and use just a foam seal that closes it up when the hood is closed.

I have put a lot of thought into doing this with a carb setup years ago and with the LS engines it is so much more easy to do.