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Posted by poisonpony96 (Member # 3942) on :
 
was taking apart my intake to make a short runner and got a little carried away and broke a runner need the hole fixed.


[ May 04, 2007, 11:39 PM: Message edited by: poisonpony96 ]
 

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Posted by BlowN67 (Member # 4229) on :
 
do u still have the piece that broke off with it? i can ask around an see for u.
 

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Posted by poisonpony96 (Member # 3942) on :
 
no. these runner are garbage. oh well
 

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Posted by Jer (Member # 7488) on :
 
It wont be pretty, but you CAN patch that. Call your local exhaust shops, you might be lucky enough to find one that can tig weld that together for you. Aluminum is tricky to weld as it's melting point is 3 times that of any other metal.
 

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Posted by poisonpony96 (Member # 3942) on :
 
well said screw it and went and got some jb weld industro . then taped the in side and stuck a rag in it and then put a shit load of jb weld all over it! Think I'll call it a day
 

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Posted by Jer (Member # 7488) on :
 

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Originally posted by poisonpony96:
well said screw it and went and got some jb weld industro . then taped the in side and stuck a rag in it and then put a shit load of jb weld all over it! Think I'll call it a day

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hahahahahahahhahahahah!!
 

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Posted by poisonpony96 (Member # 3942) on :
 
before

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Posted by svfreerider87 (Member # 5748) on :
 
www.fabricationsunlimited.com if anyone can fix it the right way. He's the one to do it. he does amazing work.
 

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Posted by AJBlackGT (Member # 3936) on :
 

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Originally posted by poisonpony96:
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all i can say is wow
 

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Posted by poisonpony96 (Member # 3942) on :
 
ok first of all decided to get a differant intake. Second why would this not work. everyone uses jb to do the imrc deletes and to put these back together. if your going to talk shit back it up!
 

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Posted by AJBlackGT (Member # 3936) on :
 

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Originally posted by poisonpony96:
ok first of all decided to get a differant intake. Second why would this not work. everyone uses jb to do the imrc deletes and to put these back together. if your going to talk shit back it up!

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You can put your car together however you want to...
But it's good that you did it the right way and bought a new intake rather than trying to clump all that jb weld in there.
 

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Posted by poisonpony96 (Member # 3942) on :
 
technicly it should be fine though, right?
 

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Posted by 93PONY (Member # 60) on :
 
Not quite sure why you even bothered to fix the hole.... It's not a vacuum leak. The runners are inside the intake & are simply there to direct the air.... I can't see how a hole (even that big) would make much difference inside an intake like this...
 

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Posted by poisonpony96 (Member # 3942) on :
 
just figured it would make the runner as short as were the hole started which from my understanding is to short. they recommend shortening the runner from an 1 1/2 to 2 inches for best performance
 

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Posted by 93PONY (Member # 60) on :
 
You now run the risk of the JB weld breaking off & getting into the motor.
As the motor heats up the Aluminum will expand at a different rate than the JB weld.... This may cause the JB weld to break loose.
 

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Posted by gray03gt (Member # 6427) on :
 
Why not scrape some money together and buy a performance intake or another stock one instead of spending $2 and likely having to fix some very costly parts within the engine...
 

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Posted by poisonpony96 (Member # 3942) on :
 
now thats what i'm talking about someone that backs up there reply. good call. well just bought that hamilton clark intake that was on here for sale don't even have to worry about the jb weld falling out of the imrc deletes since i don't need them anymore.
 

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Posted by 93PONY (Member # 60) on :
 
Those intakes are the shit!
Dave Inall (Incon systems) was doing the casting in Austrialia for HCI...He ran 2 production runs, HCI paid for the 3rd (20+ intakes) & Dave never came through with the last batch of intakes. That's also when he took everybody's money for the last of the Incon kits....
Basically there's somewhere around 50 HCI intakes out there....so enjoy that rare piece of automotive art.
 

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Posted by poisonpony96 (Member # 3942) on :
 
wow didn't they were that rare hoping when i get my turbo i'll get some cams that will take my power band high.
 

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Posted by 50 Deep (Member # 6216) on :
 

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Originally posted by poisonpony96:
now thats what i'm talking about someone that backs up there reply. good call. well just bought that hamilton clark intake that was on here for sale don't even have to worry about the jb weld falling out of the imrc deletes since i don't need them anymore.

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Originally posted by poisonpony96:
I just picked it up yesturday. I'm cleaning it up and just picking up some odds and ends. should have it running by this weekend. i'm sure it won't really shine till I get the turbo on it but it looks badass in the engine bay.

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Clean..... I've had dreams for a turbo for my cobra since I bought it. Any pics of the intake installed or how it differs from the stock one? And yeah let me know how it runs once u get it on
 

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Posted by 93PONY (Member # 60) on :
 
Those intakes sold new for $1200.
They are large cross-section/short runner intakes. On an N/A setup it will lose significant bottom end, but should pull a little harder up top. They were designed for large cube high-rpm Nitrous & boosted setups.
 

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Posted by poisonpony96 (Member # 3942) on :
 
I knew i should have gone bigger cubes when i built the bottom end.

heres a crappy pic but will get a better one when its installed. got nitrous for now just need to finish the install

 

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Posted by Luke87GT (Member # 21) on :
 
Have to bring this up to the top.
I never heard of these HCI intakes and I almost spit out my cereal when I saw the pics above, lol.
 

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