maybe a supercharger would look "meaner"
could use for battery storage or??
A good thought for maybe a future mod.
I have had the brain working overtime on this carb/manifold re-design.
4 carbs...3 carbs....high rise......low rise....big tubes......small tubes.......so many thoughts.
This is where I'm at, at this moment in time.
The 4 carb idea, was ok, but thought there was getting to be, to much of a good thing, so opted to remain with the 3 carb setup.
Besides it's already near complete, so only this modification to meet the new requirement.
That required cutting off the bottom two tubes, to make room for what will become the base for, 4 new tubes.
The new base (top plate) comes from a piece of 1/4" plexiglass, I've been hanging on to for ? .....well ever !.
This photo shows a mock up of the new pieces and how they will mate to each other.
Where the 'clear' plexiglass top plate, meets the bottom of the round main tube, will be filled in, and contoured.
The bottom 45 degree tubes, where they meet the underside, of the top plate, will also be filled in, and contoured.
The idea is that when all done, the manifold will look like one piece of metal.
I've made a lot of extra work for myself.
But it will be worth it in the end, and hopefully the end result will show the effort.
One last thing for today.
Mounted the 'magneto' to the engine. With a slight offset just as the real thing would be.
I'm on the lookout for some freebie plugs and wires, but will buy a cheap set of new ones if I need to.
May go out to our local 'pick&pull' auto wreck salvage yard and get a set. But no hurry on that.