Reply to "Strip Dominator on stock displacement engine"

Whether or not it is accurate, I had heard that the 4v intake port was designed for a 370 cubic inch engine.

According to the original catalog listing for the A3, B351, and C302, the A3s are a tad large for my 357. I suppose my compensation for that is just to drive the car at a higher rpm?

I did try a set of the B351 heads, cleaned up in the intake ports and found them disappointing. The A3s for my liking were right on it.

I do have a feeling though that the definition in this case for "optimizing" the ports has to do with total area under the curve and not necessarily peak HP, that might be where I felt the difference?

For me there was no point in increasing the wheel spin off of idle with smaller ports. A little torque kill in the right parameters can be a good thing I think?

So the Holley intake works by increasing port velocities on 4v engines? Does it do that by maintaining flow rates with increased velocities?

Wouldn't that intake need to be tuned to a specific camshaft profile to work?

Hum...wait a minute, presuming the ports mismatch to an A3 could be worked out, would it work on an A3 head too?

How much you want for that manifold?