quote:Originally posted by Joules5:....and the Cain manifold maintains the carbs low enough it allows use of the IDF's with filters all of which will clear the decklid/screen. Julian
I've never actually had my hands on one of the Cain intakes but the total height from the valley rail to the top of the air filters will need to be <10" on a 9.2" deck Cleveland to have a chance to sit under the decklid. This can vary some with the condition of your engine isololators. Even at this, you may find even though the filter assemblies fit under the decklid, they can still run into the engine cover where it curls down to meet the fire wall depending upon how far the filters project forward. Happen to know what height filter element it takes to get under 10" OAH with that intake and IDFs? George may have previously done the leg work on this. I would think in general you'd like to see at least 2" of filter height for proper flow and performance reasons. I took a quick spin through the 5 pages on that thread and looked at the picture George had posted [page 5 of link above). I noticed that was not the Cain intake on Kjell's car. Looks to be three pieces of billet and might be a bit shorter than the Cain intake. It does look like it has plenty of deck lid clearnace.
Julian, are you going to run that intake on 4V Cleve heads? What displacement engine? Your 393 CI?
Best,
K