X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from sccmmhc91.asp.att.net ([204.127.203.211] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.3) with ESMTP id 1365150 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 05 Sep 2006 20:48:44 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.203.211; envelope-from=btilley@mchsi.com Received: from [192.168.1.101] (12-218-75-32.client.mchsi.com[12.218.75.32]) by sccmmhc91.asp.att.net (sccmmhc91) with SMTP id <20060906004753m9100sn3k1e>; Wed, 6 Sep 2006 00:48:03 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Bob Tilley Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Intake Tubing Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 20:47:52 -0400 To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Thanks Ed! No I'm not going telescoping. Just need to make a 85 degree bend from my intake base over my injectors then I'm going glass for the rest of the manifold. I have a Mustang throttle body that will be on the cool side of the engine. Bob On Sep 5, 2006, at 1:48 PM, Ed Anderson wrote: > Hi Bob, > > Assuming you want the adjustable length intake feature. You want > drawn not extruded (most common) aluminum tubing. Drawn is more > dimensionally accurate. Now if you are not using the adjustable > feature then extruded 6061 is fine. > > Here is my source for tubing designed to slide inside one another. > 6063-T832 Drawn Aluminum Tubing (Round), they also have the 6061 - > T6 tubing as well. > > http://www.texastowers.com/aluminum.htm > > They take small orders with no hassle. > > Here is another potential source, however they looked like the > would want substantial order sizes. But, I never tried them and > so could be wrong about that. > > http://www.argylein.com/telescoping_tubing.html > > Ed