Reply to "351c Weber"

Paul, Brooke,

A relatively new business called AussieSpeed Performance Products, based in Adelaide Australia, purchased the rights to the intake manifolds originally designed by John Cain.

The owner, Mark, being a small businessman has limited time and financial resources, he's going to focus his energy where the biggest demand is. He has made progress on the 351C Weber manifold at my prodding. I have actually seen his first casting. I expect to see this manifold go on sale sometime this year. I have kept quiet about the projects progress simply because if people get their hopes up, and then things don't happen as fast as they expect, they lose their enthusiasm & get pissed off. I don't want that to happen. So I have felt it is best to just lay low and wait for Mark to have them actually ready to sell. Just like in the case of Tod Buttermore's new 351C block, when you are dealing with entrepreneurs and small businessman, patience is a must.

The 351C Weber intake designed by John Cain was designed for 48 IDF carbys, not the usual 48 IDA like the Hall intake manifold. The IDA is a race carby, the IDF is a street carby. It is the better carby for street driven cars. Like the majority of Aussie 351C inlet manifolds this manifold is designed for 2V heads, but has enough metal around the runners to seal up against a 4V head. Mark was also in contact with John at CHI, there was some talk he would design an inlet manifold for the CHI 3V head. I don't know if Mark decided to follow through on that one.

IDF carbys feeding a small port 2V head will produce a far more satisfying level of drivability than IDA carbys feeding 4V heads. I think people will be quite pleased having this inlet manifold as an option for their Panteras.