Lose fit on oil fill tube

MaxW

It looks GREAT :lo1l: but it fit up in the air gap lose :?:
Is it the air gap? Can I use silacone to make it fit up?

jeepsr4ever

Hmm thats a strange one. We usually hold +/- .001 on the OD for a press fit. It could be a tube issue and it could also be a intake hole issue I can only specualte without seeing it myself but I would use some silly cone and see how that goes. Sure does look nice on that air gap!!

MaxW

I just put the tube on a stock 4bbl manifold and it fits fine, so its the
AIR GAP #-o

Mudrat

Looks good - maybe I'll get one (soon) so I can finsish my build??? Goin on a 360 with an E-brock Performer ...

Briteblock

Whew...I am making those here now and MC would have my head if I screwed even one up. He says the material cost is high on each one because we get it in with a heavy grit finish. I refinish them with scotchbrite on a lathe and use insertable carbide cutters for the hole and press fit OD. The worst part of this process is the dust created by copping them from a long bar

tufcj

If it helps any, mine was a bit loose on my R4B (nothing that RTV didn't fix). MC said he machined that one himself. #-o Bob tufcj

Mudrat

Briteblock wrote
Whew...I am making those here now and MC would have my head if I screwed even one up. He says the material cost is high on each one because we get it in with a heavy grit finish. I refinish them with scotchbrite on a lathe and use insertable carbide cutters for the hole and press fit OD. The worst part of this process is the dust created by copping them from a long bar

You turn'm from BAR stock not TUBE stock??? :shock:

Hope you recycle the shavings and get some $$ back!!!