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Jerry Brubaker got his to fit below the engine screen, Blue Thunder, 14" round air filter, Corvette dropped air filter base, Edelbrock carb. It looked tight, but it was below the screen.

The Blue Thunder is available in a "flat mount" carb base version for cars in which the engine sits flat, like the Pantera. The Blue Thunder carb pad is very close to the same height as the Holley Strip Dommy.

Art, I like the BT intake a bunch, but with what Dan has written about the new crop of "tuner" carbs being able to make the open plenum intakes work as good as the 2 plane intakes, I would think the Holley Strip Dommy & a tuner carb would make the "best" combo.

To give you an idea how these things stack up in my mind, in the '70s & '80s I installed the BT intake with hydraulic cams, with power bands roughly in the 2000 to 6000 range. The Holley Strip Dommy intake was mated with solid lifter cams with power bands in the 3000 to 7000 range.

The Holley Strip Dommy & BT intakes are in my opinion the 2 best intakes for the cast iron 4V heads. They have the same carb pad heights, and will cost you about the same money ($300 to $350). One emphasizes the low end a bit more, one emphasizes the top end. But like everything else in the 21st Century, sounds like automotive technology has blurred the old lines.

Just please keep in mind, you have a problem to resolve with the motor dropping off like a ton of bricks at 5600 rpm that either intake is not going to fix.

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