BBR's 83GT - 552 BBF version 3.0 (at least)

[cstmwgn]

unless something drops in there, then the "D" stands for something else

When that happens to me - the "D" becomes silent!

[SuperBuickGuy]

Danger is my middle name.

I'm playing the odds that I won't drop anything. Injectors will be going in today or tomorrow.

unless something drops in there, then the "D" stands for something else

[BBR]

Never fear, injectors and rails are now installed!

I spent the majority of my time yesterday trying to piece together a lower radiator hose that won't get bar-b-qued by the exhaust. It looks kinda close in the pic, but it is quite a way from the header.

Oh, and don't you hate how radiator hoses slip on so easily and friendly and then pretend to be superglued in place when you try to pull them back off??? Ooof, meh knuckles.

[Monster]

I'm playing the odds that I won't drop anything. Injectors will be going in today or tomorrow.

Com'mon, you know better than that ...

[BBR]

Danger is my middle name.

I'm playing the odds that I won't drop anything. Injectors will be going in today or tomorrow.

[SuperBuickGuy]

not to be that guy... but why don't you have plugs in the injector holes? decided to live dangerously?

[BBR]

I may just put a nylock nut on the bolt just under the base, loosely, to act as a retainer.

[DanStokes]

Safety wire? Not Like I know how to do that..... Thinking you could weld washers next to the bolts and wire them to the washers. Just thinking' out loud.

[BBR]

Plate, tb and throttle cable all done. Sometimes the most time consuming part of all this is finding suitable hardware for it all.

I put coupler nuts on two plate studs so I can bolt the air pan on. I will definitely put some locktite on those.

[BBR]

ABS air filter ring fits really really tight even though I scaled it up a little. I guess ABS shrinks when it cools. It still needed a small notch for the TPS. I may make another. Throttle cable mount is also finished.

Exhaust is fully welded. The mufflers were hard to weld. I kept burning through. The old Ranger air dam conceals everything pretty well. I added an O2 bung to the driver's side. Everything will come back out and get a nice coat of black BBQ paint.

[BBR]

Started making a throttle cable mount. Final version will have a little tab to keep it pointed the right direction.

[DanStokes]

Oh, you modern kids!

[BBR]

Something like this. This is just a test piece I printed yesterday.

[BBR]

3D print an adapter with a bell mouth?

I may try that. I have some ABS, it *might* be temperature resistant enough to use. PLA would turn to goo in a few seconds.

[Russell]

3D print an adapter with a bell mouth?