If you are talking about waiting on the HPS intake, I hear ya. I heard that well over a year ago when I got mine, too. It became apparent it was total BS. I ran across a used one and cancled my order with him. Total waste of time. Wish he coulda just leveled with me like I asked several times and said it's gonna be a while.

 

Just trying to get it going for now. I have some things going on now and not sure if I'll ever get to do it. Mine makes 12#s with a stock upper and a 4# lower. If I do end up doing it, I'll be sure to let you guys know.

 

yea the harley and lightning upper pulleys are different. if i stick with the harley ill make 10 pounds and if i go with the lightning ill make 12. i keep going back and forth on what to go with

decisions decisions!!!

 

Anybody have a HPS intake for sale???

 

They should be on sale at HPS next week. I just talked to Bob 2 days ago. Did he give anyone else a different impression?

 

but yeah... ditto, anybody got a HPS intake for sale... hehe

 

My experience says that if Bob tells you ".................uhh......we'll have some in about 2 weeks" that it is total BS. Unless something changed you'll be waiting a while.

 

I didnt have a long wait at all for mine back when i placed my order. this has been some time ago though. i think IIRC i waited a week, maybe two.

on another note... Fedex brought me a present. got my tubular k-member. its a QA-1. hope it holds well. ended up not being able to buy the MM one like i originally planned. oh well. life happens. anyone have the factory control arms laying around? Cant get tube'd ones yet

 

i got a set off my 97 sitting here....

 

i have a billet adapter and cobra upper for sale( all you need is a lightning lower). or i'll make you a deal on the complete intake...

 

Ive had my 5.4 running for about 2years. I just want to get rid of the adapters and finally get the HPS intake. Thank you college graduation money !!!

 

I don't think waiting for <some unnamed company> to pound out a CAD for the new intake is going to get the thing built (or they already would have made some headway) and MHS doesn't have any CAD resources they can tap (but Nick knows what elements the design needs) so it looks like we're going to community design this one. Yep, y'all and me. And we're going to do it for fun/free and then pay retail for our intakes. Why? Partly because we're a bunch of raving nutters but mostly because there's no other way. To this point the only actual work that I know has been done has been done by me or for me by MB members.

So, I did some more work on the new intake yesterday. I have a scale drawing of a primitive top view and a MB member has made a prototype CAD model of one of the runners. NO! you guys can't see either yet. But I'll give you a hint at the general form... The intake will look fairly similar to:


I have 2 full size runner cores (the shortest ones) sculpted and I'll finish the shaping and smoothing those this weekend. As mentiomed, I've got a MB member helping out with the CAD but we could probably use an experienced 3D designer's help if any of you guys are such a thing (Dan?).

Now that I've got precise measurements of everything and have done some more mock-up work I have reasonable certainty that the new intake should clear all 2.5" cowls, probably most 2" and maybe the odd 1.5" hood. It's only just protruding through the hole in my hood when I mock it up with a 6061.com elbow. Yippee!

In a week or so I hope to have all the runner cores sculpted and the first primitive plenum set up. I'll figure out the fuel rail mounting needs and the coolant crossover issues last. Right now I'm trying to make sure and have a rear coolant crossover built into the casting in the first place.

What to name the thing? I'm thinking Ansaugkrümmer-811 (German for intake manifold 8-1-1, 8cyl 1intake valve, 1 exhaust valve)

 

Looks great ... but I sure wish somebody would convince Trick Flow to replicate the factory BULLITT 4.6 intake for the 5.4 (they've already replicated the original BULLITT intake for the 4.6).

This project you're doing now does sound like a fun project working on it from the ground up. I just wish I was more familiar with CAD so I could contribute.

 

any of you guys going auto i have a 8 bolt flexplate from a 2001 lightning,50 bucks plus shipping,the12fast4u@yahoo.com
also have a jlp lower crank pulley it measures 8 5/8 in diameter not sure what kind of boost that is good for but it came on my lightning motor when i bought it,was going to put it on my harley truck but fu*k it im gonna keep it stock .$100.00 plus shipping

 

i can vouch for 12fast4u@yahoo.com......he can have it shipped to you in no time!

 

Very interested in that intake r3d.

I hope to build a n/a 500 HP 5.4L in the future.

 

how much would you want for them. shipped to 75135.?


hey sometimes thats the only way to get things done. anything i can do to help? im not big in cad or anything but ive got a mind and will contribute whatever i can. i'd like to see this thing in full swing. name wise.. go with something that we can all pernounce. haha oodly enough but the german translation makes me want to call it hammerhead.

 

ansaugkrummer 811 would of course be shortened to AK-811. Hammerhead has some pimp hand so I'll add it to the list.

Others?

AK-811
HammerHead

I did some more work on the runner cores last night. Got one completely shaped and smoothed. It's ready for epoxy coating this weekend. It'll need to be fairly durable. I'm building my mock-plenum box tonight and I'll try and bang out 2 more runner cores this weekend. Once I finish those I can do the coolant crossovers (I'm making one front and one back, if it makes it into production, cool).

 

great to hear you made some good progress. i'd like to see some pictures of all this work. anything i can do to help out?

 

Got one of the long runners done. Man that took literally hours of carving. So I'm up to half the main plenum and 3 runners. I'm going to try and finish the plenum today and then I'll get some wire and set up a jig so i can get the rest of the runners set up. I'm also going to work on a thermostat housing block and the crossover tubes.

I'll have pics later on. I've been taking pictures for tracking for each step but I haven't been posting them for obvious reasons.

 

Sorry dude my cad use is almost all 2d. I picture things in my head in 3d and draw the views I need in 2d.....

 

Hmmm... well, how about some help with a 2d of the flanges that mount to the heads? I'd bet you probably have something like those laying around from making the machining program for your plates.

BTW, I now have 4 complete runner cores. The plenum, on the other hand, shattered. Clay just isn't very sturdy unless you kiln it and I'm working with it air-dried. I'm going to have to use a sheet metal mock-up of the plenum instead but that's cool, I have a buddy with a brake fabbing one for me.

I may post some pics soon but I'll have to think about that.

 

talked to bob... another casting delay. grrrr... looking like end of month. He's trying but the casting plant keeps pushing him back. Try to cut him a little slack. It's a small order so they're working on the big $ order first and his is sorta catch-as-catch-can.

Tommy: Please call Bob and give him FTP's info and get FTP in touch with bob. He'd like to put a cross link on his site to the headers. He tells me a LOT of people call up asking if LT's are available and he knows they are but not where to tell people to go.

I REALLY REALLY need some help getting this thing done. Anybody with the skills... PM me.

 

Cardude or anybody else doing a Lightning swap, I have a few tunes I can email you if you have a SCT programmer. None will be perfect but they'll get you up and running if you have 42#ers and a 90mm L MAF.

 

If anyone has a spare, I need a 02-04 GT Maf body. Don't need the electronics, just the body.

 

ansaugkrummer 811... intake manifold 811... whats the 811 for? sorry if i missed something. words from the homeland caught my attention.

 

8cylinder, 1 intake valve, 1 exhaust valve. Leaves room for a 821 and a 822 if those ever come out.

 

i'll call bob today....

 

Would autocad 3d modelling be of any use?

 

hmm...i have 60's on the car but will be worth putting the 42's on it for a decent tune. i just want something to test drive and make sure it will make boost and drive it to the dyno with. then i can change em out there.

ill pm u my email