EFI manifold conversion

[Peter Gargano]

It must be my luck day with these questions:

For my project, I'm expecting to fabricate a inlet manifold 
out of good quality steel tubing (not quite your standard 
exhaust tube!) in much the same way you'd make an exhaust
manifold - make up a box to attach a fairly standard throttle
body to, and Bob's your uncle.  I see that the latest
Daihatsu (in-line triple ~1000cc - car) EFI setup uses this sort of
arrangement, rather than an alloy casting (or perhaps like an
in-line 6 Merc I saw with a plastic inlet manifold!). This all
seems do-able as there's a lot of room on my flat 4.

Can anyone see any problems with a welded steel inlet manifold?
(apart from the obvious problem that Thomas has too...). This
will eventually have a turbo blowing into it too.

Thomas Matthews wrote:
> 
> Anybody on the list willing to do an EFI manifold conversion? I have rails,
> injector bungs. etc... but I do not have a reliable way to weld aluminum, or
> a way to accurately bore the holes for the injectors.
> Moving forward on my EFI conversion of my 455 Pontiac, but now I need the
> machine and welding work that I cannot do (no access to the tools anymore).
> Tom

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Peter Gargano