KL Racing's inlet manifold for B234 16V head

guru

3582 going on it so not.overly small..

AshDVS

guru;112352 wroteOk , chasing an inlet manifold like this for the 8v head. KL been out of stock for 6 months and still tell me another 2... Any ideas??@AshDVS

Shoot across an email via our website (or you can email me directly) and I should be able to get an actual ETA or perhaps even wrangle one up that may be sitting on the shelf somewhere (This might be worth a try).

iceton1975

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This is what I am using on my B230FB build for my 242

guru

Is that a KL racing carb manifold?

iceton1975

Not sure I got it from Europe 3 weeks ago

Roinik

@Major Ledfoot where did this manifold thread conclude? Did you end up installing better bell mouths on those intake runners?

Major Ledfoot

Roinik
@bgpzfm142 where did this manifold thread conclude? Did you end up installing better bell mouths on those intake runners?

Haven't done so yet, no. I will follow the suggestion to do so however when the engine proceeds further along. It will also need to be seen how much modifaction, if any, will be required to the manifold so that the complete 16V engine - with manifold - will sit in the 142's engine bay.

Roinik

I'm happy to try it on a 245 if it doesn't fit a 142. :-)

Major Ledfoot

Oh, I'll make it fit in my 142. ?

Among many other things, I still have to work out exactly what to do about relocating the brake booster, which will be necessary. I'm going to try to use the LHD type booster mounts obtained by DMC and mount said unit on the RH side.

Roinik

Have a look at the manual 240 booster from the early 80s as well. They're a smaller diameter.

Spac

Early 142 booster set up not an option?

Major Ledfoot

It is an option, but not my preferred one. The tube from firewall to booster is very long, and it wouldn't take much of a front end hit to bring the pushrod into the cabin. They are also hard to get now.

However, a LHD bracket should locate the the rear of the booster about 4 inches or so from the firewall.

Spac

Major Ledfoot
It is an option, but not my preferred one. The tube from firewall to booster is very long, and it wouldn't take much of a front end hit to bring the pushrod into the cabin. They are also hard to get now.
However, a LHD bracket should locate the the rear of the booster about 4 inches or so from the firewall.

The outer tube is not a complete tube - there’s a decent gap the length of the underside that would allow it to collapse in a crash. The rid itself would not have any trouble in buckling and collapsing before it did you any harm.

Roinik

Yeah, never really thought that one through did they. All holden did was pancake it on the firewall.

Major Ledfoot

Yeah, well, there was room on Holdens to do that. On 140s, there's the inner guard and upper wheel arch support that joins the firewall at an inconvenient place, which doesn't allow one to slap the booster on the firewall.

With the additional 4 or so inch gap provided by the LHD booster bracket to the firewall, it might be possible to fit a smaller diameter booster. A 240 booster is just too big unless cuts are made in the inner guard or upper wheel arch support.

If a booster cant be fitted in there, it may be case of doing something like an Amazon setup and remote operating the booster.

Roinik

FWIW the 244 manual pumpkin is around 30mm smaller diameter than the 140 pumpkin.

iceton1975

well I am starting to get my parts sorted for a 360 Turbo 16v

Roinik

Will the M47 and diff stand up to a 16V turbo?

Major Ledfoot

@Spac writes:

Availability is still an issue. I've not seen all that many around, and there's certainly none around here to ravage for redeployment.

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