HOMEMADE Intake Manifold Made From Water Pipe? - 1971 TURBO CHARGED Opel Gt

Over the past couple of episodes we have been shoe horning a turbo charged 2.3 Ford motor in our 1971 Opel GT. With engine and trans bolted in place we needed to address the height of the motor so the hood would close. The factory 2.3 had the turbo charge pipe run over the valve cover so the hood wouldn't close.
I figured a forward facing intake would solve all sorts of problems. The lower intake would allow the hood to close. With the lower intake and the throttle body facing forward, we are able to run an intercooler between the turbo and intake.
More room and more power? That's a win, win for me
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[@12VoltDave]

First comment. Ha

[@billmiller7138]

The flat black definitely helps the look😂

[@DDSpeedShop]

#hardatwork hahaha

[@SweatyFatGuy]

Oh man the famous people are showin up now. DAN YOU MADE THE BIG TIME!

[@markbrown6236]

Great 57 video, didn't get one? Just a bus huh.

[@davidclemens1578]

@@DDSpeedShop if you decide to upgrade the airbox and you have the space, you could build a reverse header. The Collector could be mounted to the throttle body and each tube would be individual into the cylinders. Of course the bends would have to be very tight. Personally I would just leave it as long as it runs good. It looks good and you have plenty of other projects for us to enjoy.

[@kevinl.2291]

Anybody watching this that knows this is true old school hot rodding, I love it. Everyone can buy something to fit for a large sum of money, but to take what you have and make it work is an art. Well done Dan keep up the good work. 👍😎✌️

[@stephenh.bunkybyrd2024]

So agree.

[@franklindner8259]

So true.

[@brianjacobsen8878]

Half the fun making stuff you found from the scrap pile. Don't know how many crazy bikes I've made from scrap stuff liying around.

[@lilmike2710]

Took my comment I was gonna leave. He's modest.. Nobody says "I'm going to weld myself up a kick ass intake". Most guys will spend money or wait until they have enough money, which takes most of us forever. There are people that call him a hack. Those people are fools.

[@trentdawg2832]

Dan is the man when it comes to “Makin it WORK”……..this man needs his own T.V. Show………to hell with these shows they have on t.v. With deep pockets and un accomidating budgets for the average civilian working man!!!

[@coyboybc]

When hotrodding started people had to build their own parts ! Nothing like the good ole days! Keep up the cool work!

[@p.d.nickthielen6600]

I think a couple of extra hood bulges would be kind of cool

[@johnb5519]

It's pretty good for not having a fancy tubing bender and a tig welder. The main thing is, you have the basic design figured out.

[@phillipragsdale3382]

When I was about 15 yr old in 1965 I got invited over to a guys house not far from my home. He was building a 38 chevy coupe for the Gas Classes drag racing. He had a early Hemi with a home built intake made from flanges patterned off an intake gasket. Oxyacetene welded exhaust tubes came up and crossed over the opposite bank and attached to a box plenum with 8 stromberg 97s ,4 on each side. I was blown away by its looks. Totally wild sticking up at least 12 inches above the Hemi covers. You my friend, are well on your way to HERO STATUS.

[@ANOCKS]

Dan I'm very impressed with the work you did on the Opel in this video. For someone who didn't know any better but expected a few modifications I think you pretty much nailed it. You know what they say if it looks right it must be right and it looks right to me. Good work, and I'll be watching.

[@DDSpeedShop]

Oya I learned alot. The next ford opel swap I do will be easy..... hahaha

[@daviduglem3213]

Dan, your homegrown engineering amazes me! Thank you for the entertaining videos.

[@larrymccarty8453]

You could merge the four intake runners together and weld that to the end of the intake pipe .Let it drop down at a slightly less angle for more alternator clearance. Love your channel.

[@ericwilkinson9447]

You are truly 'The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla' in automotive fabrication 🤘😎

[@ernestomejia110]

"CNC with the grinder" lmao!!!

[@brianhdueck3372]

Well done. Truest description of hotrodding is innovation. It’s one of a kind car building which makes it cool.

[@thewyattfletcher]

Intake turned out perfectly adequately. Looking forward to seeing it running and ripping.

[@The-Deadbolt-Deputy]

Good call on using the exhaust tube and a lot less work than having to build a box of some sort. I enjoyed this. It’s rite up my alley. When you said “it’s free so that’s what we’re using” I’m like HELL YEA ! I’m all about that.

[@DDSpeedShop]

Haha zero dollars is key

[@BUZZKILLII1]

Thank you for not cussing. Sometimes the wife watches and some times the grandkids. Earned a Subscribe.

[@justingiese6544]

I dig it. I made a turbo log manifold out of 2.5” schedule 40 pipe and elbows for my 5.3 lm7 swapped 67 mustang. Hacked up a front sump 240sx ls swap oil pan and got everything to fit in the stock chassis without touching the shock towers. Deleted the heater box for the 3.5” down pipe over the passenger valve cover. Fits under the stock hood. Work with what you got!

[@richardknottek6618]

I haven’t read all the comments, so if someone beat me to this comment, just ignore me. Anywho… I believe you would have better luck making your intake base, if you cut your holes large enough for the runners to fit inside the hole, and then weld them from the inside. You could do the same if you split the plenum, and then welded it back together. Great content, keep up the fun.

[@johnkennedy2505]

Don’t forget Dan you can weld from the inside the intake plenum and on the flange side to seal up in between the runners

[@t5montecarlo]

Dan, Very ingenious! If you make the runners longer, you may be able to have access to the bolts from the top, and perhaps the throttle body wouldn't interfere with the alternator. If you remake the manifold again, bolt the flange to something thick so it doesn't warp when welding to it. When you placed it on the lower portion of the intake, it looked like it rocked as though it was no longer flat.

[@davidnorbertgarza]

On a budget project! You're not a turn off like some other channels!!! They have unlimited cash for new parts, that's unrealistic, we're all just getting by, Godspeed from the North West in the Yakima Valley in Washington State

[@crnutsmotorsports]

You've taught an old man to quit striving for perfection and settle for a "little" less and have something you can drive and enjoy. Your tanascity (manifold) is to be admired. Great job! Now if it works??

[@jameshall4385]

I think the intake looks great. Its turbo charged, the turbo will compensate for the flow restrictions. I would cut out a PBR can or a budwiser tall boy and wrap it around the intake. Maybe Molson, you do live in Canada.

[@johnkranyics281]

Export for sure! 🇨🇦

[@abeneufeld9690]

Dan you find the cure each time you have a car woe, nice work

[@johndenigris9906]

Dan, your intake looks great! Don't worry about the people who don't like it they probably couldnt add 2 and 2 anyways. Keep going on the project I cant wait to see it finished. JD

[@trentdawg2832]

This man speaks for 99.85% of the viewers……….we love it

[@DDSpeedShop]

@@trentdawg2832 haha thanks dude!

[@rapdaddy2642]

Nice job on the intake mate, love your style

[@bbrut3332]

Make sure you replace the timing belt now before you add a lot to the front of the engine.

[@MrJwglaze]

Impressed at how you are willing to tackle anything. Keep rolling on!

[@wesley800]

that intake is a masterpiece of ingenuity great job Dan 👍

[@DDSpeedShop]

Haha its something

[@jimmyprater7546]

I made a 2.3 SVO Tall Deck intake using Ross Machine 5” D shape Extrusion, actually band sawed the original plenum, saved the runners and injector holes

[@timpatton5392]

I admit when you first said how you going to build the intake I sighed to myself. It turned out great Dan.

[@shartne]

one of the nicest opel GTs I have ever seen before especially in the last days. It old and the paint rubbed out nice.

[@Westcoastride]

DD Speed shop, “where doing it wrong is doing it right”

[@howardkoster4026]

Dan, putting parts together that were not meant to go together, IS HOTRODDING!!! The WW II solders returning home were broke, but, built hit rods from whatever they could get their hands on. You're doing it!

[@howardkoster4026]

@George I once worked with a man that once owned his own speed shop. He said making the parts fit was part of the fun!!!!

[@edwardberwind8544]

With your fabricating skills I would drop the Alternator straight down and out of the way and sight. Fab a new bracket and have tons of belt adjustment. Tilting the intake pipe down slightly will give you a straight shot of intake air to the throttle body. You are good my man.

[@d.mcdave8880]

It should work, somewhat. You will get boost but... the "lamnar" flow is gone. Probably lost some performance but still much better than normally asperated. I like it. Adapt and overcome, keep moving forward. Nice work, Sir.

[@d.mcdave8880]

"laminar flow". sorry can't spell sometimes

[@kitt7219]

❤Dave here, DD Speed Shop watcher! :) TY both for everything.❤

[@TheGarnerjustin73]

Most people would either K series Honda or LS Chevy swap this car so i think its cool you're doing something different.

[@kennethsonier1766]

It looks pretty cool as far as I'm concerned, looking forward to seeing it finished and running. Keep up the good work Dan 👍✌️🇺🇲

[@davidsolloway9349]

Very creative on the manifold ! Should work just fine.

[@cody8754]

You should do some junk yard parts scrounging videos. You could probably find a lot of parts you can make work with some measuring and modifying and it’s cool to see parts get repurposed

[@rapdaddy2642]

Yeah, am doing a lot of that on my pontiac build.

[@terrencegiordan2775]

Dan the floor pan man looks real nice polished out. Nice job on the manifold.

[@tt600pch]

Air, fuel, spark and compression. If it works it doesn't have to be pretty to get there. My old life on sawmill breakdowns with oddball hydraulic pump installs we made many fittings. My dad put a Datsun 240Z engine in a Volvo wagon once. His proud moment was the log intake he built for it. I think it was tube steel if my memory serves me right. He taught us if you build it, make it look like you did it on purpose!

[@unclemarksdiyauto]

Brakes are always important Dan! As for the intake, DD Custom Intakes? Very cool. Your not scared to try stuff.

[@Buffrt66]

This channel reminds me of experiments in high school science class. "Will this work? We'll find out."

[@deanrayne7302]

You went from Dan the floor pan man to Dan the intake making man !!

[@WildWestGarage]

Way to go Dan! Nicely scabricated!

[@jeffsr8300]

I'm thinking this is the sort of build that would make Carroll Shelby smile and say oh Hell yeah.

[@joe5404]

“Clean off the bench” 😂 it looks like mine shoving things around until there is absolutely no room left and I have to put things away so I can find tools. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@alexkunzelman5825]

looked like you were working for the last of that push hahahahaah. That's a cool little rip around polished up nicely. Turbo charged too boot. I bet she will be pretty peppy

[@brettwilkinson8904]

Dan. You remind me of myself. It's just me and the wife. I live on a street with a total of 5 houses. No of our neighbors are into cars. I struggle by myself constantly. But at least they don't batch about my lifestyle either. Great channel

[@marcusmaddenov2451]

I like your fab skills there. Seems like ot would be fairly easy to relocate the alternator to the other side of the motor, which would give you plenty of room for a more Sano install.

[@sum-tingwong9936]

The whole time you're pushing that car the bobcat in the background is staring like, Am a fucken overgrown snow shovel to you?

[@380.motorsports]

Hey good job on the manifold. Log style manifolds have been fabricated and used for many years by hot rodders. Good on ya for bringing back some real old school hot rod fab work.

[@macharleys72]

Very interesting build, I dig it…It’s probably gonna be stout, power to weight, depending on the gearing..

[@richardmcfalls8393]

Nice work on the intake. I want to hear that thing run.

[@123suzukisamurai]

That worked out way better than expected. 👍

[@buddybrown4665]

I love your creative fabrication skills.

[@overlordisgoogle8431]

Love this concept coming to life.

[@rdbrnr86gt]

Should have put one of those Pontiac 194.5 4's in it. Good luck finding one. It probably would have fit pretty well in this thing though. I have no idea if what you did here is right or wrong. I can say though that you looked at it and said "i need air from over there to go over here and fit in this space" Is it the best performance or best idea? Who knows? You got out there and made the thing work though. Old fashioned hot-rodding here. The way you just make things work is one of the reasons I watch. I wouldn't call you a hack either, you're a guy out there figuring out what works and doesn't and posting it for the world to see. I'm rooting for you on this build - I want to see this thing be a fun little driver.

[@BlooMule]

I'm LOL-ing picturing all the Opel fans screaming every time you press on the hood 😆😆

[@allenbeaulieu7077]

Brother, you did a great job with that intake and solving the hood closing problem. Looks great also.

[@rajcam80]

DD Speed shop and engineering!

[@kzbuster]

Dan Hackery did a great job on the intake as he understands that forced induction doesn't have to smooth curves to work. Keep on hacking!

[@daubie3]

It's as bad as trying to get your dog outside in the cold. Kept coming back in to the warm... LOL

[@ksokie63]

Hey Dan 👋, that was a cool video, that intake was thinking outside the box. Keep up the great videos and have a great weekend.

[@johnwilkinson6067]

one thing for sure dan you are awful handy on figuring things out

[@kennyguillotte1881]

I like it. There was a company that made one similar to this for a Fiero engine.

[@musashinagatsubo9574]

"CNC this with the grinder"... true hot-rodding there.

[@robfox5892]

Dude, the flat black pringles can lookin custom intake is SICK! Scary cool man. Love it!

[@13bttlotus]

Dude, old fire extinguisher is the go for the plenum👍

[@daboenterprize8265]

Awesome job I like it fill it with water and then you can see if you have any leaks

[@josephmarzzarella4195]

Dan, fyi the 2.3 Ford fuel system is a return to tank system. Love the build! Good luck! Joe

[@jeffpatton6719]

What about moving the alternator to the passenger side?

[@Mr5speed]

Liking the Dan ingenuity ! (and the kahonies to apply it)

[@trentdawg2832]

This baby corvette hybrid is gonna be a ripper for sure!!!

[@MrXps420]

that intake is some of your best work dan.

[@arthurpanico1275]

It's lovely, the main thing is not being afraid to try.

[@michaelcuff3418]

I guess everyone forgot about the sheet metal intakes that everyone used to make in the 90s.

[@motov8-garage832]

Wouldn't sheet metal just warp and distort

[@lisaparsell2484]

Put a low cowl hood scoop on it when your done. Sweet lil motor for that car will run strong in that car I had turbo coupe t bird run strong 👍.

[@benjaminching9756]

Nice work Dan!

[@cam3002]

Maybe too late in the process to change but on the alternator belt, have you considered adding a tension pullie on the passenger side? Thus will not needed to have an adjustable alternator bracket.

[@DDSpeedShop]

Yeah thats not a bad idea I'll look into it

[@adcengineer3090]

Ford probably spent a million dollars designing the intake ... Dan knocks one up in a couple of hours with what's laying around the shop 🤣 awesome 👌 Miiiiint

[@bmacd2112]

I think that car is trying to tell you it doesn't want to be out in the cold! 🤣🤣🤣

[@smavtmb2196]

I agree its good start and this car should be fun to drive after. It could look great with the right wheels and stance.

[@N-Scale]

Dan , I am inpressed , the setup looks very cool !!!!!

[@buddydunham9586]

Dan, You can make anything!!!! Your metal skills are beyond compare!! All I have to say is respect

[@DDSpeedShop]

The joys of being broke with a welder haha

[@nummnuts22]

Someone locally looking for a Opel GT, was going to send it to you but I don't think Dannie would be too happy if you sold it on her.

[@jongrubaugh160]

I thought it looked great!! If you should need to remake it, use 4 garden tractor pipes with elbows. Straight up 90 over, c same receiver, squished in a pipe vice or something equivalent, This would give you the elongated width to hook up, pipes come straight over. Height is adjustable width adjustable, and it looks like it could even be shorter. Maybe short enough to clear the Alternator. Just a thought. Love the show.

[@bigbow62]

Dan: This damn pipe... I've cut it three times & it's still too short ? Just kidding Dan, I love the channel and all the projects ✌️🙂 How 'bout talking Dani into a small cowl induction hood... If you make it wide, a 2 or 3-inch height might work ? Just a thought because I don't remember you ever talking about one... It would sure save a lot of time & work ! Thank you again for all the great content 🙂

[@joshuadille5005]

I got a little Ford ranger named MY-TEA ! Id love to find a turbo cope to harvest the power plant!! Keep jamming brother!! Looks good 👍🏻

[@johnconnell1424]

Definitely a sweet looking ride😎

[@guywerry6614]

Stuff like this is why your channel is about my favourite! I would never dream of doing stuff like that.

[@95Sn95]

Why not with a bit of imagination and basic tools like a grinder and welder you can make practically anything wether it works well only one way to find out if doesn't try again, plus there's a universe of diy videos on KZbin for ideas and execution.

[@thman6453]

Good old fashioned hotrodding love it 👍

[@allenvestal4474]

I totaled one 4 days after I got it. Twitchy steering. No neutral position of the steering wheel. Staying in a lane meant moving the steering wheel a quarter inch left and right and zigzagging.

[@TorquePowerVideo]

This is gonna be a cool little car! It should scoot on down the road pretty good with that motor.

[@roymceachin7409]

Looks good as long as it works

[@Timmermon63]

Looks very clever! Good job.

[@study650]

Great job, Dan.

[@hensleyshobbies-doug7761]

I did that with a 62 Fiat 500 , I think? Hell that was back in the 70's, I traded a buddy of mine a 4 door AMC Rebel for that Fiat, and "we" cobbled together a intake and exhaust manifolds for it out of water pipe, steel pipe. Hey, by damn it worked and the sob ran good too. That Fiat was a 4 door, suicide doors and 4 speed on the column or tree, whichever. It had a little overhead cam 4 banger in it. Little bitty 4 banger!

[@franksgarage8551]

Hood latches? Hood pins are your friend. Due dilligence would say replace the fuel pressure regulator,as they were prone to failure. Paint it copper colour, or brass, give it the steampunk look.. It a lot of work, thinking about it is 9/10 of the time building it.

[@puddleduckist]

Very cool dd speedshop wizardry! Gonna be a fun lil cruiser!! Rock on 🤘 Dan the man!!!!!