The new intake is much taller than a stock manifold. So I need to make one. I'm trying to keep the weight down but more importantly restore the structural integrity. Here's the main bar and I'm thinking I need to add 2 more bars. Any thoughts?

The itty bitty bolts are temporary till i order some beefier ones. Also the bar looks close the manifold I know But... My mounts basically SOLID and will not move. I'm also going to add a lower tie bar to help.

 

man i have no idea what to tell you but that is some serious fab. im looking forward to see this one get finished up.

 

looks fine to me! good work, wish i had a welder

 

is there some background to what's going on here? Are you missing part of the engine cradle as it appears?

 

When the engine moves it will hit it if that is how the final fab up will be

 

not alot of leeway for that bar and engine. id push it out just a tad bit more.
for the final design, try placing more support from the bar to center of firewall in a triangular shape. or from the towers themselves to the firewall. that should stiffen it up a bit.

something like this:

 

This is what I was going to suggest as well. Remember the mid-60's shelby Mustangs? They used a triangulated strut bar system.

 

Oh nice, I like the tri-bar. I REALLY doubt my motor will move more than 3/4 of an inch, because the mounts are solid. But I'll see about moving it out more.

It looks like alot is missing, Thats only because I removed some sheet metal.

In the event it would move under hard acceleration the top of the manifold would move away from the bar. And I would never drop the clutch in reverse so I'm good on the clearance.

 

i do realize the engine moves in back motion under acceleration but i just dont rigid parts that are too close to the engine. even if you have solid mounts, it'd make me nervous lol.