EURON8 Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Vehicle and engine in question is 1982 hiace with 1GGEU Cletus told me i am best not to cut one of my engine bay covers as seatbelts and some seat bolts mount to it. The problem is the intake sticks up . See pic. Red arrow indicates rough place where it hits. Dont think its the same manifold but not really important Ideally ITbs would be sweet but thats an expense i cant really afford at the initial build stage. Question: Can i notch it for clearence without major performance issues. Building a new one seems like to much hassle would need someone to make it. Any ideas etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpr Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 wont have much effect, unless you have to hack alot out, or start blocking airflow to any of the runners get out the angle grinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EURON8 Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 wont have much effect, unless you have to hack alot out, or start blocking airflow to any of the runnersget out the angle grinder Sweet ill try find a spare one and cut it to fit and seek your opinion once more. ANybody got a spare 1ggeu intake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUL8R Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Thats not the cold start injector? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EURON8 Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 Thats not the cold start injector? Na, i think that manifold is a little diff to mine. where it hits theres nothing but manifold wall. Will get pic this week of exact intake and where it hits. The deepest part the notch will only need to be about 20 mm maybe. And the notch will be in the top outside corner pretty much where arrow pointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Does it hit in one small place or the whole length of the plenum? If its one little spot just cut out that circle in the place it hits the seat or what ever it is. But in saying that, once you get pictures up it may give us a better idea on how dangerous that would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EURON8 Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 Just one little bit near a horizontal engine cover sits. Will get pics tomorrow. Also just remembered it might not be that simple as i think it takes up some space where the seat needs to sit so may need it made lower and throttle body put n the front. Alright, hold fire till i get pics and confirm what needs to be done. Thanks fullas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgySam Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Can you not beat the crap out of the engine cover with a bald penis hammer so it dents it away from the intake? May sound rough as but it may be a nice simple way round it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Requiemk Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Does cast bend nicely if you heat it up? heat + press/ soft faced hammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forced Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Cut the engine cover with a cutting disc for clearance, then build a reshaped piece to fill the hole, weld it all up. Leave the intake alone for reliability. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreatestben Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 You ass. He pretty much was told by the certifier not to modify the cover since the seatbelt mounts there. I would just have someone handy with a tig and a grinder sort the manifold. If you look inside a factory toyota manifold there's all sorts of bumps and shit from needing material for all the bolts to go into. One extra isn't going to hurt reliability, you may hurt forced's feelings though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isnowi Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Make sure you find a competent welder, cast intake plenums, especially old ones can be ass to try and weld if you don't know what you're doing, would suck to find a pinhole after installing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 totally agree. Found this herp durrr pulsar. Plenumsare more expensive than I thought. The metalrecyclers only gaveme $8 for the old one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eke_zetec_RWD Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 yea pretty much a vans seat belt system wouldnt get a cert if that wasnt factory anyway lol. so dont mod it. do manifold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Requiemk Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 You ass.He pretty much was told by the certifier not to modify the cover since the seatbelt mounts there. I would just have someone handy with a tig and a grinder sort the manifold. If you look inside a factory toyota manifold there's all sorts of bumps and shit from needing material for all the bolts to go into. One extra isn't going to hurt reliability, you may hurt forced's feelings though calm down, fuck its just the internet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Oh yeah. I forgot it has to go through a cert... Hmm, maybe modifying the plenum is the better idea. Seat belts are probably the worst thing to tamper with as far as a cert man is concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblegoose Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 tig=jbweld/durafix its not bewsted will be sweetbix/my ass talking here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EURON8 Posted April 18, 2010 Author Share Posted April 18, 2010 Ok, finally got pics. I dont think i can cut this much out. whay you guys think? This is the initial notch i needed, (Also, what is the thing bolted to manifold thats blocking the 'OTA' of TOYOTA in this pic?) But i also need to take this piece out so i dont have to cut this panel aswell, as its where the passenger seat sits. The panel needs to slide to the right to meet up with angle piece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Ahh thats definitely manifold modify. Could you make a wedge flange to go between the manifold and the head to angle the manifold down a bit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Thing in the pic is the idle control valve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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