Below are tow just out of the mold, left is for the older style 6 petal reed cages found in the 350 Odyssey and 89 Pilot the one in the center is the 3D-gel after it has dried out for about 4 days it was the same size as the one to the right.This is a 4 petal reed cage out of a 90 Pilot, you can see the stock stuffer here. Here is the almost finished product, I coated the outside of the stuffer and the inside of the reed cage with JB Weld to secure the cage in place, I have seen too many factory stuffers that have vibrated around in the stock cage to the point where you can see where they have worn away.
The finish work will consist of smoothing and rounding, I did not want to spend too much time doing finish work until I let the assembly soak for 3 days in gas/oil mixture to make sure the resin I used was truly gas/oil resistant. In the picture below you might notice the left side opening is a little larger than the right side, this is because the intake manifold is offset and I wanted to allow more flow to the left side to make up the difference and hopefully help equalize the air flow.
Notice the right left of the stuffer extending down to the tips of the reed petals is a bit narrower than the left, that is actually the left side of the stuffer you looked at in the picture above, again Since the air/fuel has to travel a longer distance I wanted to increase the volume a little more on that side to enhance and equalize flow.
Here is a shot with the manifold installed you can see what I was talking about With the carburetor being off set to the right and wanting to increase flow to the left side.
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More to come, check back later, the next stuffer will be more complex and have a divider to more efficiently match flow equally to both sides.
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