so i was bored and wanted to make my tahoe a little quicker and cooler sounding so lots of cutting, lots of running around town looking for 4" intake boots and about 8 hours of putting it all together this is the end product. i think it turned out pretty sweet, well sweet enough to post on here anyways. i had to notch the fan shroud if i want to keep the pipe round and that was no bigie but it is close to the fan and then i had an aluminum batt box laying in the garage that i wasnt using so i hacked it up for the air box.
















mike

 

looks awesome i like the pie cuts

 

mmmm, aluminum pie...

i have the tb flange if you want to make a complete manifold:

 

i have thought about it.................. but the damn thing is still under warranty and i dont want to go modifying it that much just yet. but good to know incase i do someones else or mine later.

mike

 

damn, thats some good welding, i love the way pie cuts look, and those looks real nice man, really really nice man

 

wow, must've taken long!

 

That is such a slow way to do it, nevermind it's not easy.
I have to say, it looks neat and you did a good job on the execution.

 

very cool
looks "tuff"

 

thanks guys......... yeah it took longer than i thought it would. but i think i like this alot better than the 250.00 air raid set up that most people. it may weigh more and heat soak more than the plastic setups but i definitely like it better.


mike

 

lol, i have a 01 silverado 1500 with the same motor. i was thinking about doing the same thing.

well exicuted jdm hottness yo!

all you need is an victor junior and a turbo.

 

i always love those kind of cuts

electric fans ftw.

 

i thought about the electric fans but my boss (pro charged 2500) my buddy jesus (turbo ss 1500) and my bosses buddy (nitrous 1500) all have electric fans and all have charging issues and have went through about 3 alternators each so i said no to that idea.

mike

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by all_motor_mike &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i thought about the electric fans but my boss (pro charged 2500) my buddy jesus (turbo ss 1500) and my bosses buddy (nitrous 1500) all have electric fans and all have charging issues and have went through about 3 alternators each so i said no to that idea.

mike</TD></TR></TABLE>

good thing i didn't decided to splurge and get the fans. i've been wanting them for a while now.

so is it the alternator not keeping up or is it **** batteries?

i wonder if you had stinger re-wind your alternator that it would be alright.

 

that's pretty awesome.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by manifoldmiketyson &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

good thing i didn't decided to splurge and get the fans. i've been wanting them for a while now.

so is it the alternator not keeping up or is it **** batteries?

i wonder if you had stinger re-wind your alternator that it would be alright.</TD></TR></TABLE>

well i know my boss uped to the 135 amp (i think thats what it is) alternator from an escalade and hes still having some issues. i dont know exactly what the issue is and i dont think he has found out yet either.


mike

 

I don't think its the fans, unless they're Chevy brand - if you catch my drift j/k

Looks nice, definately lots of work. Only thing I'd have changed is start the first angle weld where that overflow/tank hose crosses over. That way you'd have a more gradual curving before it gets to the tight bends.

 

I used to work at a shop that did primarily trucks (mostly diesels though, no silly gas motors) and changing to electric fans was looked down upon quite a bit. People who really use trucks heavily never use electric fans; they simply don't work as well.

Way back when we developed the AFI intake with the rep there. They actually have some pretty nice gains on the L76 and L98, though gas mileage typically went down.

If you've ever heard a ford 10 with an intake its about the funniest sound you'll ever hear.

Ian

 

When you HAVE to do pie cuts like that atleast make them even so it doesnt look like you just whacked off a bunch of pieces and just welded them together.And it doesnt take as long as it looks .

 

nice work

 

nice work

Did you notice a big difference in power on that 5.3 or 6.0?

 

.<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by I am Ironman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">When you HAVE to do pie cuts like that atleast make them even so it doesnt look like you just whacked off a bunch of pieces and just welded them together.And it doesnt take as long as it looks .</TD></TR></TABLE>

**** u must be the pie cut master then if it doesnt take that long. and what the hell are u talking about that **** is strategically cut besides it wouldnt clear the fan if i had cut them all with full circumfrances. constructive criticism is one thing, bitching because u dont like the fact that my pie cuts arent all even is another.


mike

 

Mike... a little tip for you.
when doing pie cuts.... look at the end of the pipe and measure the circumference. Mark the 0 point and the mid point (0 and 180 degrees) do the same to the other end of the pipe (approx 3 feet long) Draw a line from each mark. now you have a line running the axial length of the tube. mark a line parallel to the horizion on your bandsaw/chopsaw clamp that is located (1/2* radius of tube) from the bottom. Mark our all your cuts on your tubing (including the width of your blade)

Set your cut angle to half of your included angle. Line the mark on the tubing up to the saw...cut. turn 180, cut. turn 180, cut. Turn 180, cut.

This way all your pie cuts are EXACTLY the same. Cut more than you need!

Tack all of them together before welding to help with heat dissipation and heat control.

have fun

 

eric, to be completely honest thats how i do it when im using the bandsaw............. this was at home using a.......... dun dun dun............... sawzall so i just cut a whole bunch of different cuts including the two non full circumfrance cuts (but i did need them in order to get the turn tight enough) and pieced it together from there. thanks for the tips though.

mike

 

i use a 10" mitre saw. cuts time in half.

i do the same thing with the reference line though. easyer to draw up a cross hare for a 4.03" circle in autocad that print it off 1:1. place your pipe on the paper and marke your lines. use a piece of angle iron to run a straight line on the pipe.

not saying anyone doesn't already do it, thats just the way i do.

i think it looks good. even pies or not, you couldn't have used all the same pipes for that anyways.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by .RTErnie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Mike... a little tip for you.
when doing pie cuts.... look at the end of the pipe and measure the circumference. Mark the 0 point and the mid point (0 and 180 degrees) do the same to the other end of the pipe (approx 3 feet long) Draw a line from each mark. now you have a line running the axial length of the tube. mark a line parallel to the horizion on your bandsaw/chopsaw clamp that is located (1/2* radius of tube) from the bottom. Mark our all your cuts on your tubing (including the width of your blade)

Set your cut angle to half of your included angle. Line the mark on the tubing up to the saw...cut. turn 180, cut. turn 180, cut. Turn 180, cut.

This way all your pie cuts are EXACTLY the same. Cut more than you need!

Tack all of them together before welding to help with heat dissipation and heat control.

have fun </TD></TR></TABLE>

im trying really hard to understand what you are saying here but i am getting lost not knowing when you say turn whether you are talking about rotating the tubing on it;s axis (like a drive shaft rotates) or rotate it like end to end for lack of a better term.

is this a good understanding of what you are saying:

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by .RTErnie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Mike... a little tip for you.
when doing pie cuts.... look at the end of the pipe and measure the circumference. Mark the 0 point and the mid point (0 and 180 degrees) do the same to the other end of the pipe (approx 3 feet long) Draw a line from each mark </TD></TR></TABLE>

i think you are saying look down the pipe the way you look through a telescope. put a mark at the 12 o'clock position and at the 6 o'clock position. do the same at the other end and then draw a line between 12 o'clock on one end to 12 o'clock on the other end/ draw a line from 6 to 6 just the same.

is that right so far?

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by .RTErnie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> mark a line parallel to the horizion on your bandsaw/chopsaw clamp that is located (1/2* radius of tube) from the bottom. Mark our all your cuts on your tubing (including the width of your blade)
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no [freak]ing clue.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by .RTErnie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Set your cut angle to half of your included angle. Line the mark on the tubing up to the saw...cut. turn 180, cut. turn 180, cut. Turn 180, cut.

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are you saying cut half of the angle from one side and then the other half from the opposite? if so, is this done so that the wide part of the pie cut (the crust? lol) remains constant in relation to the angles?

thanks. im just trying to wrap my mind around what you are saying.