Buccaneer Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 BORN ON DATE: 01-18-2010 Well, today we made a test pour for our new manifold. Everything went well so far and we are going to be doing three more tomorrow. I thought I'd share a few pics with you guys/gals. Marco was out there at the foundry as well to watch the pour along with about 11 others. For all the CFI guys that are waiting for this, it shouldn't be too much longer as long as the inspection goes well and a prelim of that looks good. The pattern maker was there at the pour also and took the raw casting of the manifold back to their shop to check it against the spec for any defects, but they though it looked pretty good and they were happy with the pour. Enjoy! This is the master mold of the inside just before they pack it with sand. These are the pieces that are set into master mold to pour. The pieces are the runners, front and rear water crossover's and the funky yellow piece is the EGR tube. The pour begins This is the raw casting right out of the mold after about an 1.5 hours. We have a lot of pics and I'm still going through all of them. We also took a video of the entire process. I'm just glad we finally did this pour and can hopefully begin the production purs rather soon, within a coule weeks anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anmracing2 Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 That is too awesome!!! Hope everything turns out better this time around.... Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstrutt Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Congrats and hope all goes well. Please promise not to duplicate Marco though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOTV8 Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Awesome Tom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastC3 Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 that's awesome !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Y Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Great news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill's Vette Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Bout Damn Time DAMMIT!! j/k... kinda Looks really good Tom! Would of loved to be there to watch, but you know how my Mondays are..... Give me a call tomorrow (Tuesday). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old yeller Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Don't let Marco install one of these on his C-5. j/k Tom, are you pouring these in Maricopa ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccaneer Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 Yeah, I think Marc was thinking about doing that, but the power gain would probably be too great. Yep, in Maricopa, the same place that does all of T/A Performance's manifolds and parts and Hughes stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNBADAZ06 Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Excellent new, Tom !!!!! Congrats on this long awaited day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 SWEEEEEEEET!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Very interesting there...I think Tom got wood while the hot magma was being poured...they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertdawg Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Wish I had known you guys were pouring, I think I could have gotten away from the RR for a bit to come watch! I got my fingers crossed this one turns out good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blk n Blu Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 That's awesome Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChadC Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 congrats dude. I know the back story, and how difficult it has been to get to this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud Pedal Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 How freakin' cool is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P51tj Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 "the funky yellow piece is the EGR tube" Very nice Tom, but it's YELLER damit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccaneer Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 "the funky yellow piece is the EGR tube" Very nice Tom, but it's YELLER damit! Yeah, it's Yeller. I tried to get them to make it Dark Claret...didn't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirBusPilot Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 This looks like it's for an old school SBC? Any link to the details? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccaneer Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 This looks like it's for an old school SBC? Any link to the details? If you want to see the making of and the entire saga, go here. http://www.crossfireinjection.net/renup.html Also click on the link on the top of the page called: Part Deux and there's more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sidewinder Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 AWESOME!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 NEXT ONE IS MINE!!!! I CALLED IT!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 This looks like it's for an old school SBC? Any link to the details? If you want to see the making of and the entire saga, go here. http://www.crossfireinjection.net/renup.html Also click on the link on the top of the page called: Part Deux and there's more... Cool link! you were nice with your words about parting ways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccaneer Posted January 22, 2010 Author Share Posted January 22, 2010 This looks like it's for an old school SBC? Any link to the details? If you want to see the making of and the entire saga, go here. http://www.crossfireinjection.net/renup.html Also click on the link on the top of the page called: Part Deux and there's more... Cool link! you were nice with your words about parting ways Yeah, it isn't really what we wanted to say when you get basically ripped off by someone, but we were being business PC in our comments. I pick up the manifold today from the machinist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZYDMND Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 That is Very Cool...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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