I have a project to do in the next week or two and seek out the wise council of the forum. I have an EA82 dual port turbo intake from a GL and a Spider intake from a dual port XT. One of the two is going to get its flanges cut off for a dual weber conversion project. Which one do I whack?...meaning which in the future do all feel is going to be the hardest to find so please don't cut that one up!!!

 

thanks

 

Bill

Cut up the turbo manifold. The spider manifold is an upgrade from a turbo manifold and therefore more desireable in it's origional form.

I kinda had that thought as well after I posted but I figured I run up the flag and see who saluted. Plus, if I ever have to put the XT back "original" I could...wouldn't run, but it would be original.

 

Bill

The XT manifold has risers, which would make it to tall with the Webers on it.

Unless you plan on cutting a hole in the hood anyways?

It seems to me the lower section of the Spider intake could be used without cutting. Simply make a plate to match, and then fit a plug into the Injector bosses. (or just mount some injectors in there but don't hook them up.)

 

Then you have a place to mate you're custom intake to, and retain the coolant crossover section from the spider.

 

This way nothing would need to be cut at all.

 

If you cut the *normal* turbo intake......what are you going to do to keep the coolant crossover?

G,

 

thats actually where I'm working from at this point. After looking at it again this morning I "forgot" that the water jacket was a part of the turbo manifold. BUT... the spider is actually a two piece so I'm now working on a sketch of the spider bolt pattern for an adapter plate to the weber or am I wasting my time and someone already makes these? The actual adapter plate I was working on will adapt any dual port VW carb/manifold to a Subie dual port head.

 

Bill