wooden intake spacer! good idea!

[Foxfan88]

browsing corral and i see this guy made his own wooden intake spacer. seems pretty neat to me i may try it! all u will need is a gasket and a bandsaw! and u can make it as thick as u want!

where could u get bolts at?
http://www.corral.net/forums/showthread.php?t=809987
its in one of the engine pics

 

[DmnStr8]

I would assume the the environment of the engine bay would not be conducive to the longevity of an engine part made of wood.

Just a thought....

 

[Foxfan88]

i dont see why it wouldnt work? this guy didnt seemed concerned about it.

make it nice and coat it real good with some high heat paint and it should seal great

 

[DmnStr8]

I just figure high heat cycles with the moisture issues that come with that (condensation, then rapid drying out) would cause the wood to crack and split.

I'm just guessing though. It would be interesting if it worked.

 

[Foxfan88]

i think i will give it a try, run it for a while and see how it works. if it fails lol, i just lose a piece of wood and a couple hours of time. no biggie

 

[just4bob50]

The spacer isnt wood. It is what all most all spacers are made out of. Some sort of poly laminate. My GT-40 space looked the same from an edge veiw. Why would anyone make they're own when you can buy them for less than 50 bucks with bolts and new gaskets. Not only that but, wood expands and contacts with temp. and humidity. I doubt that it would ever seal right.

 

[90lxfoxbody]

what if the spacer is made of wood, you slap it on and torque it down, the heat and miscellaneous gunk that lives on and inside an engine gradually penetrate the wood, then it gets porous or brittle, then the wood CRACKS and you get chunks of wood falling down into the intake tract of your engine??? i imagine that is why they use phenolic material, because it is so dense and will not crack when exposed to gasoline, pertol products etc. if i had to choose between a wooden spacer and no spacer, i would go with no spacer.

 

[Foxfan88]

well in theory it shouldnt be exposed to gas. the injectors are in the lower close to the head.

 

[Vinnietbird]

Mine looks like the one in the pic also.Just a shade darker.

 

[90lxcoupe]

the phelonic spacers can crack pretty easily also but i'd trust it more than WOOd

 

[Mustang5L5]

i if it fails lol, i just lose a piece of wood and a couple hours of time. no biggie

Or a peice of wood gets sucked into the engine and you lose the engine.


Wooden engine parts are bad m'kay.

Look on ebay. I think i bought a 1/2" phenolic spacer for my Cobra intake for $12

 

[Tonys96Cobra]

Coming from a guy who cuts and nails lumber all day, BAD IDEA! Doesnt take much at all to make that stuff crack, warp, twist, and otherwise become a POS almost overnight.

 

[8950HO]

A wooden intake spacer.
Try it out.I`m curious to see if there will be vacuum leaks.

Don`t waste your time on this.

 

[Vinnietbird]

Hey,I got mine for $12.00 on E-Bay also,with the bolts for my Explorer intake.The bolts ended up being too short,but,good old Lowe's came to the rescue.

 

[88gt]

"GIT-R-DONE"....









Hillbilly idea.....I saw one made from wood for a carb...what POS..

 

[bluevenom867]

I see they sell wood carb spacers,supposedly they dont conduct heat like the poly spacers can.

I guess if you had a nice piece of hard wood and had it sealed?

 

[iwashmycar]

just get a damn phenolic or however you spell it one....heck ive got a 1" sittin in my basement

 

[25thmustang]

This isnt a joke???

Oh man, I want to see the follow up thread to this one!

 

[mob]

This isnt a joke???

Oh man, I want to see the follow up thread to this one!

I thought the same.

 

[Foxfan88]

what if i were to coat the wooden spacer with some fiberglas resin or something. To where the wood would never be exposed to anything...

i mean we build houses with wood, and they stand for YEARS, if wood is so bad lets build all our houses with aluminum or cast iron.... i dont see how a wooden intake spacer would be too far off the spectrum, it will be exposed to alot, but so is a wooden house and it gets alot more abuse.

i would rather try it, bc obviosly it hasnt been tried enough and documented the results on it.