quote:Originally posted by Pittcrew:
... You must have quite a collection of Intakes at the PI HQ ...
I don't know of a die hard 351 Cleveland fan that doesn't have a collection of intake manifolds. Finding an intake manifold can be the hardest part of a 351C engine project.
I've been kicking around a new idea, instead of installing Webers on my Pantera, cutting down a Weiand Tunnel Ram to get the desired spacing of the runners, weld a mounting plate for a pair of Holley 4500 Dominator carbs on top of the runners, and use a pair of Dominators in an independent runner configuration. This is not an original idea, that was the set-up used by the Boss 302 Trans Am teams until the rules changed to make it illegal.
Here's the Boss 302 intake:
And here's what it looks like installed in a 'Stang:
Wouldn't that just make the Ferrari and Lambo guys crap their pants? That's the kinda outlaw, "wanna-race for pink-slips" set-up a cowboy from hell should have in his engine compartment, right?
From my point of view, 2300 cfm of Holley Dominators is the bad-ass, American Muscle way to do independent runner carburetion. I will of course still purchase the Cain/AussieSpeed manifold when it becomes available, because a fellow can never have enough intake manifolds.