Alright, this is going to sound pretty stupid, but I gotta consider every option here.

I have an 04 Sunfire and last week picked up a pretty complete supercharger kit

Now, what I need is a T/B adapter. I know others have made them out of a piece of aluminum, but is it technically possible to make it out of a piece of hard wood?

I would not recommend it. Wood is really hard to tap threads into


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I dont know about you, but I wouldnt want any type of wood anywhere near or in my engine bay.





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Lol, gotta give it to you sir for thinking outside the box.

hell i would... but only if its petrified wood.....


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Well, there is one advantage, since the threads would be difficult...he could always nail it to the manifold!

OK, I'm sorry, just kidding...fact is, this actually has been done before, long ago...but typically only with laminated wood of a very particular makeup. With the wide availability of superior materials and machining capabilities, it's just become a less-viable candidate. If you want to do something different, perhaps try nylon or delrin. Soft enough to be workable, but not as fragile as wood.



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If you realy wanted to make your own out of something cheap and simple, you could use a phenolic material. Like a cutting board would prolly work perfectly, Ive seen people make phenolic spacers out of them.

Haha, thanks guys. I might try the cutting board material. You think it would hold up under the heat of the engine?

You could test it yourself...they are usually pretty heat resistant, what with the intended usage in the kitchen. Cut a chunk off one and put some heat to it!



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No... You can not make it out of wood. Buy a die grinder and an aluminum burr and some 1/2" thick aluminum sheet. Trace out the shape you want to the aluminum and make all of the cuts with a metal pit on the table saw. Smooth the corners on a grinding wheel and then cut out the center hole with the aluminum burr. Drill and tap your holes.. You should be able to make a flange from home for less than $40 to suit any purpose.

I'm not trying to offend you when I say this but if you have to ask these types of questions it may be better for you to pay someone else to do this type of work. This site is great for networkng and you could easilly find a guru willing to help you for little to no money.



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not for us, but shows its possible...


Edelbrock Carburetor Spacers - Wood Design

Carb Spacer , wood
Square-bore, 1/2" thick
Open
350-8724

That's right, wood offers superior heat insulating properties and is ideal for reducing heat transfer to the carburetor. Use open spacers where more volume or more carb-to-plenum floor distance is required.

Yep, that's what I spoke of earlier. I did not know it was still on the market.



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A supercharger is going to be too hot for a wood spacer. It doesn't matter though despite, he needs to make a throttle body adapter, not a spacer so there would be exposed surfaces giving and opportunity for warping. Wood is too soft (especially under heat) to stay true to shape and still seal the manifold vacuum in. It is also too soft to drill and tap holes to thread into



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