'55 Chevy LS1 / T56

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I am looking at the same area to add a filter to my 58' build.
How will that handle water? puddles or rain? we had a lot on this years Power Tour.
Can a deflector be fabbed to limit water but allow air? Maybe a louvered Plate to cover it?

At some point I need to fab up a water / dirt / small child shield. Its on the list of things to do before I bolt the fender back on. Its a long list...

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I like your airbox and intake. If you were to swap over to a "blade" style MAF, that would certainly simplify the tube part.

Andrew

Andrew, can you shed some light on this 'blade' style? I was planning on replacing the MAF anyways.

Jeff

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Spent some quality garage time converting tape-to-metal. My material of choice is a 4" diameter exhaust pipe u-bend and what will no doubt be a supply of sheet stock.


Stage 1 was easy; short section of straight welded to a curve with a bunch of material cut away.

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Step 2 adds in another piece of the exhaust pipe bend to make the transition. I've since welded the seams and am at stage 3 but no pics today.

No too bad for a cutoff wheel and some hammers and dollys.

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Tossed out that version of the 'top'

Fabricated a simple fixture to bend the sides for an actual box. Bent up some 16gauge sheetmetal. A bit of welding and a new baseplate and here we go.

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Now, for the part that keeps kicking my butt. The transition from the MAF sensor.

An exhaust u-bend gave its life up for this noble cause. Finally got the transition I can live with. All she needs now is to connect the two sections of tubing and try to take the ugly out of it.

The more I think of 1950's technology and underhood design; I think this may be in line with that.

It will be so nice to cross this off my to-do list.

Jeff

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So I'll call this part "My Pleasant Diversion"

My current weekend driver is a Superformance Cobra replica with a 351W. It made for a nice sedate cruiser for the two years I've had it. Like anything else - you get used to the power and then its just not enough. The 1995 vintage engine build has certainly been outdated by a decade or two...


I had a friend who owed me a bit. We agreed to a 'trade' This is what we agreed to. A Ford Performance 427 crate engine. That ought to do with that outdated power thing.

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This is the lucky recipient. The car was built in 1995 and has seen almost 20k miles since. I've only had it for two years now and am going thru and upgrading a few of the systems that need it.