4" Inlet Bell

[bsdlinux]

Can I get a 4" inlet bell for a TA-61??

 

[bruce]

Originally posted by bsdlinux
Can I get a 4" inlet bell for a TA-61??

I haven't seen one, and the angle of converance is an element of design, so for a 4" one to be effective it would need to be quite long, for it to actually be *better* then the 3 with an adapter. I have a ~3" section of muffler tubing, and then a 3"-4" adapter, feeding to a 4" section of AL Piping that has a 45d kink it it, with the K+N at the end of that.
HTH

 

[salvageV6]

I had my toolmaker at work make a nice 3.5" billet inlet bell for my TA-62 that I bought used/rebuilt that didn't come with a bell.

I had it made that size for the 3.5" LS1 MAF and hosing and pipes I was using at the time. No adapters.

Here's a pic. of it.

ID matched the turbo inlet in diameter, came out nice but the guys been making prototype parts for 40 years.

He copied the stock bell for mounting and profiles etc.

Some vendor should make something for the old TA's.

[url]http://members12.clubphoto.com/_cgi-bin/members/compact_slide_show.pl?album_item_id=39770568[/url]

 

[bruce]

Originally posted by salvageV6


[url]http://members12.clubphoto.com/_cgi-bin/members/compact_slide_show.pl?album_item_id=39770568[/url]

Dead link.
Sounds interesting thou.
Any idea if he'd make more?.

 

[salvageV6]

Sorry about that link.

http://members12.clubphoto.com/_cgi-bin/members/compact_slide_show.pl?album_item_id=39770568

Didn't keep in touch with him since we all broke up when NAFTA sent our jobs to Mexico.

Had about 1 year of transferring stuff below the border and the toolmakers didn't like sitting on their hands and in general are a very creative lot with great skills.

They came looking for work and things to make I got tons of stuff done to both cars in bracketry, mounts, machined some T wheels to fit my Baer brakes etc.

I think a CNC machine could easily crank them out, cheep.

PS: It's the only picture I have now, I guess a shot of the compressor and bell would be a good angle to get also.
Still around somewhere. ...

 

[bsdlinux]

Thanks for the response guys. I have just went to a ME-R and was wanting a 4" all the way from the Mark H's cold air kit. I guess I could get a 4" to 3" hose adapter if it wouldn't hurt me too bad. An upgraded turbo is on the horizon, maybe one with a 4" bell then.

Gary