2000 Cobra R Intake. EXTREM MODIFICATION!!!

[@FIGGY65]

Greg, this manifold needs to be recalled ( by you) and painted old CAT yellow, then re returned to them😂😂😂😎. Beautiful workmanship as always!

[@jamesbizs]

Lol I’d be pissed. But as my best friend , I’d also laugh. Then hit him

[@roguewarrior9957]

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]

That was very cool. I am impressed you work very well with items large and small! Thanks for sharing this.

[@thesmokingunnthomasestevan7155]

Soon as i saw cobra r intake manifold i checked who posted the video, saw it was you so instantly had to watch!

[@randyfrostphotog]

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!

[@jonmeray713]

This dude can do it all!

[@jamesbizs]

I mean lol metal is metal . Probably started on this small Stuff anyways. So just going back to what he knew

[@johnleake708]

⁠

[@jeffo881]

Nice work, love the variety of projects, keep it up.

[@strokermaverick]

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!

[@henrycole8705]

My father ran Criterion Machine works when they were in business. Known for Boring heads. Miss using the machines like the Bridgeport mill.

[@donbullock8790]

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.

[@doug5713]

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.

[@abuubaydullah1]

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 😁

[@thomas4844]

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.

[@aaronkcmo]

lol. "roughed in pretty good" looks better than a lot of factory castings. nice video and nice change of pace.

[@Mike-Honcho-]

Wow, rare car, thats a lucky dude. Good job guys!

[@atheistpeace7579]

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]

Aaron on the 6061 KZbin 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

[@ElectronicMechanic50]

The 2000 cobra R is a Awesome car i loved it in gran Turismo

[@ElectronicMechanic50]

Also we Wanna see the car!

[@mjanisch88]

@@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]

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.

[@Jon-qf7ur]

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]

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.

[@crbrepairmotorcycles6608]

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

[@trippmaloof6063]

Dam brother you can fo it all .love it .lovwwat thing you work

[@jz28h]

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.

[@Chris72401]

I'm calling the ASPCA. That dog is TOTALLY abused :D Not a care in the world. Good video!

[@samuelspencer9194]

It always helps when you have the ground Hook up lol love your videos be safe and have a great day Sam

[@brandonscarfe8803]

Makin it look easy again👍 thanks for the videos!

[@danielsplayhouse3804]

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.

[@danielsplayhouse3804]

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...

[@arturozarate1752]

@ 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.

[@rudyrivera7426]

Wow! So cool stuff! Thanks for sharing! 👌👍

[@shaunolinger964]

Just started watching this... this one looks like fun!

[@brianguest561]

awesome video nice change of pace

[@vicchiapetta4166]

Great job as always!!

[@scotthultin7769]

56👍's up on fire welding thank you for sharing

[@bruceslattengren8587]

Awesome job I’m impressed keep on keeping on

[@kerrygleeson4409]

Fantastic job as always 🦘

[@95Sn95]

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 KZbin 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.

[@texascottonfarmer]

👍👍👌👌 Thanks for the video!

[@augienajera642]

Now that's Bad A.. Fab work!!!!

[@carloskawasaki656]

Thank you 👍👍👍👍

[@kennethstaszak9990]

Rex Cut Blending discs work a treat on aluminum and won't load up.

[@harveystephens6115]

Pretty high tech project! Prob high$$$$

[@Jimmy-Legs]

I was just wondering why he was using WD 40 and lo and behold, he answered my question

[@Jin-Ro]

Glad it's not just me with the bloody earth clamp haha

[@MASI_forging]

Great work as always 😃😃

[@Rubbernecker]

Wow, great content!

[@timspicer3270]

👍

[@michaelpolimer2128]

also use WD-40 when cutting holes in alum with a hole saw

[@kailuagarage]

How did you decide to fill the grooves with a TIG and weld those aluminum bars with a MIG? Nice work!

[@OFW]

I feel like I have more control around the edges and I can control the temperature better.

[@paulusmarc]

Bon Boulo😀😀👍👍

[@shawnmrfixitlee6478]

Nice work !

[@Cancun771]

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]

Makes sense, anyone who puts gold foil on an R manifold has money to burn.

[@OFW]

He was talking about a belt sander not a surface grinder.

[@dirtfarmer7472]

@@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]

@@OFW Oh dear.

[@curtishatfield9629]

Looks great! What series aluminum wire did you use in your spool gun?

[@OFW]

4140

[@tompoole1789]

@@OFW I think you meant 4043 ?

[@OFW]

Sorry. Yes 4043

[@sjbdeebo2]

mmm aluminum dust. Very cool though

[@juanmelendez1653]

Use the steel bits they work better and dnt jump around as much

[@A.J.1656]

Wow.

[@all8up804]

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]

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]

@@OFW guess it’s kinda trial and error. I just always feel like I greatly underbid or overbid jobs lol

[@bhleblanc]

RobRenz lost his mind when you said grinding is worse than milling.

[@OFW]

I’m talking about a belt sander not a surface grinder

[@isaacsims6203]

🙂

[@johnpope4464]

The ground helps

[@merkyworks]

I want to see this 2k Cobra R build

[@OFW]

When it’s running I will do a video about the car

[@israelswearingen8219]

Gonna throw a couple these on a cat scraper?!?

[@robertengster5643]

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..

[@Asomesauc]

Me likey.

[@peatergriffin]

Was that a Weimaraner?

[@OFW]

Yes. I have two of them.

[@peatergriffin]

@@OFW I had one for 15 years. Really great dogs. I miss him a lot.

[@HolyCatsGarage]

In this video I learned a die grinder is also a saw

[@merlepatterson]

Was that for a Coyote?

[@OFW]

No. It’s a little bigger than a coyote

[@Blakes123]

You have to introduce use to the dog

[@THESMARTERMAN555]

Lotta work for 5 hp

[@OFW]

It’s not even about the HP. Car has boost. Will probably make 800+HP

[@franciscoaalfaro3061]

Primer comentario

[@VeijoNeste]

you forgot to show the finished bottom (ports)

[@andrewhenson4927]

Any reason why you like using the quill rather than the knee?

[@OFW]

No particular reason.

[@RambozoClown]

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]

@@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.

[@mitchweber7868]

Well theres your problem right there should have just LS swapped it and we wouldn't be in this boat......... 😅

[@rafalr8061]

bro I got the original factory o rings for it

[@OFW]

That would do no good in this situation. The heads were port matched to the same gasket.

[@stevensnyder5332]

I had the same problem until they found the correct gasket lol

[@mjanisch88]

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]

A lot of work for a maybe 😮

[@OFW]

Maybe?

[@edwardsilva895]

Tell them to use the proper gaskets

[@OFW]

They are. That’s why they are doing this

[@mjanisch88]

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]

You do know that the gasket isn’t the problem right? Right? Lol

[@jemery3]

@@mjanisch88 your cobra r? I’m jealous, on the hunt for one as we speak ( I want to build one with a single turbo)

[@7rixee]

Glad I'm not into cars. Seems like a waste.. 😅

[@rexmasters1541]

Where is your kerosene???? That will stop the aluminum from sticking to your cutting bits. Come on this is old school machinist info.

[@OFW]

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.

[@FIGGY65]

Greg, this manifold needs to be recalled ( by you) and painted old CAT yellow, then re returned to them😂😂😂😎. Beautiful workmanship as always!