I had to cut a hole in my firewall to clear an intake manifold. It works, but is freaking hideous!

I was wondering what you guys think is a fair rate to get this redone professionally?

A local hot rod shop told me anywhere from $800+ to redo this, while laughing at me like an idiot for my DIY job.

The total area in question is ~12" wide, 18" total height, and about 2" deep.

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The tricky part (for me at least since I'm quite the novice at welding) was this portion on the upper firewall. It is actually part of the cowl; I enclosed the area where fresh air would enter cabin. These two pics show this area.









Lastly, can anybody recommend a shop in DFW, TX that would be willing to fix this for me?





Modified by Jonathan_ED3 at 1:05 AM 6/21/2008

 

send me an email joehussain @ gmail (dot) com

I know someone who could get that fixed for you

 

Go to a sheet metal shop and have them bend up a flanged insert for you cut out what you did and put the insert in.