SBB sheetmetal intake and more… by 87GN@Tahoe

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Derek,

I am okay, I appreciate the concern. I was/am just REALLY busy with my REAL passion, steamboats and steam machinery, as well as schooling for the fire department. Our fire season was quite active! 2 weeks on the King Fire was a icing on the cake!

Ansel is 100%, though he shut down his shop up here and is partners with a friend down in Carson City now. That was another one of the holdups with the project... Money is always an issue too

I will have to at very least rebuild this engine, as when I removed the stock intake to install the sheetmetal one I discovered why I was always chasing my tail with timing and carb tuning; flat lobes on the cam I have a set of 8 forged 3.8 BV6 pistons on the shelf waiting to be flopped into the engine, until I aquire the $$$ for the billet and forged stroker that is...

As far as what he's saying about the sbc headers, I think there may be a issue with the orientation of the exhaust ports on sbc vs sbb due to their orientation in relation to the deck (45* vs 90*) EDIT: ah i see the up-n-over... still pretty tight turn for a sbb...

I looked into sbf headers and even bought a cheap summit set. They still needed modification for the driver's side and also lengthening due to different port placement, so BOTH would have to be extensively modified, as opposed to just one...

~Wes

2-6-2015

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