X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from ms-smtp-02.southeast.rr.com ([24.25.9.101] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.3) with ESMTP id 1365361 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 05 Sep 2006 23:29:26 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=24.25.9.101; envelope-from=eanderson@carolina.rr.com Received: from edward2 (cpe-024-074-111-055.carolina.res.rr.com [24.74.111.55]) by ms-smtp-02.southeast.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k863Sg6e027404 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 23:28:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000701c6d164$a30052c0$2502a8c0@edward2> From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Intake Tubing Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 23:29:18 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Bob, are you looking for a source of bent aluminum tubing? I misunderstood. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Tilley" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 8:47 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Intake Tubing > 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 > > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/ >