I grew up around a race shop that had some of the knowledge used by NASCAR, back in the day upon heads and intakes. It takes a great deal of work. Your job looks very neat and brings back some very good memories.
@jamesgeddes797
Жыл бұрын
That was very cool. I am impressed you work very well with items large and small! Thanks for sharing this.
@randyfrostphotog
Жыл бұрын
I use candle wax for the burrs to keep them from getting all gunked up with the aluminum. The smell of pomegranate in the shop is so refreshing!
@thesmokingunnthomasestevan7155
Жыл бұрын
Soon as i saw cobra r intake manifold i checked who posted the video, saw it was you so instantly had to watch!
@FIGGY65
Жыл бұрын
Greg, this manifold needs to be recalled ( by you) and painted old CAT yellow, then re returned to them😂😂😂😎. Beautiful workmanship as always!
@jonmeray713
Жыл бұрын
This dude can do it all!
@jamesbizs
Жыл бұрын
I mean lol metal is metal . Probably started on this small Stuff anyways. So just going back to what he knew
@johnleake708
Жыл бұрын
@henrycole8705
Жыл бұрын
My father ran Criterion Machine works when they were in business. Known for Boring heads. Miss using the machines like the Bridgeport mill.
@strokermaverick
Жыл бұрын
Sir, you are a true craftsman! My welding level is Novice+! 😃 I did get a little chuckle, when you left the ground off. Even professionals do it! Thank you for sharing! 2000 Cobra R, pricy, pricy!
@jeffo881
Жыл бұрын
Nice work, love the variety of projects, keep it up.
@ElectronicMechanic50
Жыл бұрын
The 2000 cobra R is a Awesome car i loved it in gran Turismo
@ElectronicMechanic50
Жыл бұрын
Also we Wanna see the car!
@mjanisch88
Жыл бұрын
@@ElectronicMechanic50 Should be running in a week or so I'll take it by the shop and he can shoot a nice video of it. Greg has done alot of work on it over the years.
@arturozarate1752
Жыл бұрын
I drove one once a month for 5 years......the owner of a dealership I worked for has one in his museum. On the 1st of the month I'd change the plugs and drive it 5 miles.
@thomas4844
Жыл бұрын
Damn Greg, don’t know of many guys who weld both steel and aluminum, and who are good at both. Every time I watch your videos, you impress without even trying.
@abuubaydullah1
Жыл бұрын
Well you've just taken me back to when i was an apprentice back in the 70s wonderful memories of what was called doing foreigners few of the guys use to do racing on weekends and holidays 😁
@donbullock8790
Жыл бұрын
You are a very vercitile person. You can always tell how good someone is by how easy they do the job. I like the trick with the WD40 and the grinder. Great video. Thank You.
@aaronkcmo
Жыл бұрын
lol. "roughed in pretty good" looks better than a lot of factory castings. nice video and nice change of pace.
@doug5713
Жыл бұрын
Watching you do this was really cool! It would be cool to see some more car part stuff. I would really like to see you weld some titanium and inconel tube.
@atheistpeace7579
Жыл бұрын
thank you for the great explanation on your use of WD-40 Greg. when I used to grind and cut on my rock crawl jeep, persission was not nearly as critical, I used spray lithium lubricant on steel. thanks again for the info sir
@Watchyn_Yarwood
10 ай бұрын
Aaron on the 6061 KZitem channel has a carbide bit that he has been using for over 20 years just by keeping it lubricated with his "favorite" lubricant. This guy has been building intake manifolds for years. check out his latest
@Mike-Honcho-
Жыл бұрын
Wow, rare car, thats a lucky dude. Good job guys!
@Jimmy-Legs
Жыл бұрын
I was just wondering why he was using WD 40 and lo and behold, he answered my question
@Jon-qf7ur
Жыл бұрын
Ahhhhh you do good work in everything else. Got a little frustrated when a professional welder didn't finger the rod. Then I said WTF when the spool gun came out. But I never thought about putting WD-40 on when using my sanding disc.
@Jon-qf7ur
Жыл бұрын
I'm sorry to say that, but shop welders and field welders are different. I'm a shop welder and things have to look professional when it goes out the door.
@Chris72401
Жыл бұрын
I'm calling the ASPCA. That dog is TOTALLY abused :D Not a care in the world. Good video!
@scotthultin7769
Жыл бұрын
56👍's up on fire welding thank you for sharing
@crbrepairmotorcycles6608
Жыл бұрын
Thats totally AWESOME I would love to learn how to weld aluminum , did a 3 week class at MMI Phoenix on harley heads and blocks for port and polish performance
@FIGGY65
Жыл бұрын
Greg, this manifold needs to be recalled ( by you) and painted old CAT yellow, then re returned to them😂😂😂😎. Beautiful workmanship as always!
@jamesbizs
Жыл бұрын
Lol I’d be pissed. But as my best friend , I’d also laugh. Then hit him
@vicchiapetta4166
Жыл бұрын
Great job as always!!
@carloskawasaki656
Жыл бұрын
Thank you 👍👍👍👍
@danielsplayhouse3804
Жыл бұрын
Little trick did I do with grinding aluminum manifold in that Irish spring bar soap on your flapper wheel or you're sanding discs this way water wash the soap away and you don't have contaminated oil in your aluminum.
@rudyrivera7426
Жыл бұрын
Wow! So cool stuff! Thanks for sharing! 👌👍
@trippmaloof6063
Жыл бұрын
Dam brother you can fo it all .love it .lovwwat thing you work
@texascottonfarmer
Жыл бұрын
👍👍👌👌 Thanks for the video!
@samuelspencer9194
Жыл бұрын
It always helps when you have the ground Hook up lol love your videos be safe and have a great day Sam
@shaunolinger964
Жыл бұрын
Just started watching this... this one looks like fun!
@95Sn95
Жыл бұрын
It's really easy to sit on my sofa with my coffee and pick apart stuff and there's no shortage of it going on across KZitem but saying that here's a couple thoughts, squaring up those runners accurately with grinder about impossible I was thinking a manual or pneumatic inline body sander would worked really good down near the runners it would take some finesse where there partially in the way or just put it on the mill. As far as the round bar as a bell mouth not a bad idea with some die grinder time I think it will work great, I was thinking another option if ya wanted to trick is some 3d printed bell mouths, high heat plastic is probably easiest to source and Gould be attached mechanically or an epoxy of sorts, 3d printed aluminum alloy would be possible I think. But for what's trying to be accomplished this seems to be the most practical way time and money wise. Can say Hacking up cobra R parts takes some bravery I'm pretty sure you don't go down to AutoZone and order up an extra... Kinda like guys taking terminators and modding the hell out of em, I don't think I could I'd probably keep a terminator original and build a replica out of a standard cobra to mod. If I had the option of buying a nice $45k terminator or a new 50k GT it would be a no brainer because new GT mustangs are awesome machines but are nothing special everywhere and will just depreciate a terminator will just go up in value and with just a pulley and tune you can be in the 500hp area and sn95s are lighter to start with. Cobra R is the holy Grail.
@bruceslattengren8587
Жыл бұрын
Awesome job I’m impressed keep on keeping on
@augienajera642
Жыл бұрын
Now that's Bad A.. Fab work!!!!
@arturozarate1752
Жыл бұрын
@ 13.28 "common mod"? LOL!😂😂😂 That's one of the MOST rare intake manifolds in the world! Changing the length of the runner is going to change the rpm its tuned for....I'm sure that was anticipated. That 5.4 is already a badass! Ive always wanted to get my hands on one that was actually driven and driven hard. I was with FoMoCo for 17 years and I've always that it had lots of potential.
@Jin-Ro
Жыл бұрын
Glad it's not just me with the bloody earth clamp haha
@harveystephens6115
Жыл бұрын
Pretty high tech project! Prob high$$$$
@michaelpolimer2128
Жыл бұрын
also use WD-40 when cutting holes in alum with a hole saw
@kennethstaszak9990
Жыл бұрын
Rex Cut Blending discs work a treat on aluminum and won't load up.
@MASI_forging
Жыл бұрын
Great work as always 😃😃
@danielsplayhouse3804
Жыл бұрын
That's actually quite cool seeing you do that I did that three times down here in Florida already I can't remember where they get those intake manifold gaskets and what they're for but they don't like the rubber o-rings cuz they melt and weak when it gets hot on the heads...
@Rubbernecker
Жыл бұрын
Wow, great content!
@shawnmrfixitlee6478
Жыл бұрын
Nice work !
@timspicer3270
Жыл бұрын
👍
@Cancun771
Жыл бұрын
I think they were not going to grind it flat with an angle grinder or anything like that but with a _surface_ grinder, which is like a milling machine but with a grinding wheel instead of the milling head. Basically a crossfeed table beneath a grinding wheel. A highly precise piece of kit used by tool makers to get much closer tolerances than you can get with a regular mill. Though why that would be necessary for this intake I don't know. Squishing those O-Rings should be plenty to get it airtight, and the kind of precision needed to squish O-rings is of course not a problem for a regular mill.
@jimsvideos7201
Жыл бұрын
Makes sense, anyone who puts gold foil on an R manifold has money to burn.
@OFW
Жыл бұрын
He was talking about a belt sander not a surface grinder.
@dirtfarmer7472
Жыл бұрын
@@OFW That sounds cheap, this manifold is to nice to cut corners on. Thank you for explaining the WD 40 I do appreciate it. Thank you Sir
@Cancun771
Жыл бұрын
@@OFW Oh dear.
@sjbdeebo2
Жыл бұрын
mmm aluminum dust. Very cool though
@paulusmarc
Жыл бұрын
Bon Boulo😀😀👍👍
@HolyCatsGarage
Жыл бұрын
In this video I learned a die grinder is also a saw
@johnpope4464
Жыл бұрын
The ground helps
@bhleblanc
Жыл бұрын
RobRenz lost his mind when you said grinding is worse than milling.
@OFW
Жыл бұрын
I’m talking about a belt sander not a surface grinder
@robertengster5643
Жыл бұрын
Shame you didn't have programmable cnc machine , tool and die..to cut those gasket in serts. And program gasket into it, then it's incerts. Wa la perfection on scrap piece first, a few weeks and right onto master piece..
@Blakes123
Жыл бұрын
You have to introduce use to the dog
@THESMARTERMAN555
Жыл бұрын
Lotta work for 5 hp
@OFW
Жыл бұрын
It’s not even about the HP. Car has boost. Will probably make 800+HP
@isaacsims6203
5 ай бұрын
🙂
@merkyworks
Жыл бұрын
I want to see this 2k Cobra R build
@OFW
Жыл бұрын
When it’s running I will do a video about the car
@kailuagarage
Жыл бұрын
How did you decide to fill the grooves with a TIG and weld those aluminum bars with a MIG? Nice work!
@OFW
Жыл бұрын
I feel like I have more control around the edges and I can control the temperature better.
@franciscoaalfaro3061
Жыл бұрын
Primer comentario
@stevensnyder5332
Жыл бұрын
I had the same problem until they found the correct gasket lol
@mjanisch88
Жыл бұрын
Heads were heavily ported and the OE O-rings on the intake manifold would not seal properly. Had to match the manifold to the head port shape and convert to GT500 gaskets. Its a pretty common modification in the Cobra R circle - well, for those of us who modify them! :)
@n.b.p.davenport7066
Жыл бұрын
A lot of work for a maybe 😮
@OFW
Жыл бұрын
Maybe?
@israelswearingen8219
Жыл бұрын
Gonna throw a couple these on a cat scraper?!?
@curtishatfield9629
Жыл бұрын
Looks great! What series aluminum wire did you use in your spool gun?
@OFW
Жыл бұрын
4140
@tompoole1789
Жыл бұрын
@@OFW I think you meant 4043 ?
@OFW
Жыл бұрын
Sorry. Yes 4043
@Asomesauc
Жыл бұрын
Me likey.
@mitchweber7868
Жыл бұрын
Well theres your problem right there should have just LS swapped it and we wouldn't be in this boat......... 😅
@rafalr8061
Жыл бұрын
bro I got the original factory o rings for it
@OFW
Жыл бұрын
That would do no good in this situation. The heads were port matched to the same gasket.
@all8up804
Жыл бұрын
How would you quote a job like this if you hadn’t done it before? I always get kinda oddball jobs like this that might be a one time thing and feel like I always underbid them and end up regretting it half way through the job when I realize it
@OFW
Жыл бұрын
It’s hard to bid a job like that. Basically, I would try to calculate it out the best you can and then double that number.
@all8up804
Жыл бұрын
@@OFW guess it’s kinda trial and error. I just always feel like I greatly underbid or overbid jobs lol
@VeijoNeste
Жыл бұрын
you forgot to show the finished bottom (ports)
@peatergriffin
Жыл бұрын
Was that a Weimaraner?
@OFW
Жыл бұрын
Yes. I have two of them.
@peatergriffin
Жыл бұрын
@@OFW I had one for 15 years. Really great dogs. I miss him a lot.
@merlepatterson
Жыл бұрын
Was that for a Coyote?
@OFW
Жыл бұрын
No. It’s a little bigger than a coyote
@andrewhenson4927
Жыл бұрын
Any reason why you like using the quill rather than the knee?
@OFW
Жыл бұрын
No particular reason.
@RambozoClown
Жыл бұрын
You didn't show that you did anything to make sure those two surfaces were in the same plane. Easy when you use the knee and know how much you are moving, or if you have a DRO on the quill, but I didn't see one.
@OFW
Жыл бұрын
@@RambozoClown there are a lot of things that I do not show in my videos either it does not get filmed or gets cut out during editing for some reason. I did make sure both faces were on the same plane and I do have DRO.
@7rixee
Жыл бұрын
Glad I'm not into cars. Seems like a waste.. 😅
@rexmasters1541
Жыл бұрын
Where is your kerosene???? That will stop the aluminum from sticking to your cutting bits. Come on this is old school machinist info.
@OFW
Жыл бұрын
I was never lucky enough to learn from an older machinist. Almost everything I know is self taught. I will give that a try next time.
@jz28h
Жыл бұрын
You can get the original gaskets for $100 or two packs of ford 500 sedan intake manifold gaskets but you’ll need two packs. But anyway your work looks awesome and at some point I’ll probably do the same also.
@A.J.1656
Жыл бұрын
Wow.
@juanmelendez1653
Жыл бұрын
Use the steel bits they work better and dnt jump around as much
@brandonscarfe8803
Жыл бұрын
Makin it look easy again👍 thanks for the videos!
@brianguest561
Жыл бұрын
awesome video nice change of pace
@kerrygleeson4409
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic job as always 🦘
@edwardsilva895
Жыл бұрын
Tell them to use the proper gaskets
@OFW
Жыл бұрын
They are. That’s why they are doing this
@mjanisch88
Жыл бұрын
Heads were heavily ported and the OE O-rings on the intake manifold would not seal properly. Had to match the manifold to the head port shape and convert to GT500 gaskets. Its a pretty common modification in the Cobra R circle - well, for those of us who modify them! :)
@jamesbizs
Жыл бұрын
You do know that the gasket isn’t the problem right? Right? Lol
@jemery3
Жыл бұрын
@@mjanisch88 your cobra r? I’m jealous, on the hunt for one as we speak ( I want to build one with a single turbo)
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