Information on NASCAR / road race Max Wedge engines
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Hi all I am just wondering if anyone has any good (factual) information (pictures PLEASE) on the single 4 barrel 413 and 426 Max Wedge engines that ran in NASCAR between 1962 and 64 (before the Hemi came out, which is everyone's main focus obviously, and it seems the MW just plain got glossed over after the race hemi dropped) And they may have run in any road racing classes like SCCA when new. I am specifically looking for data on the intakes, blocks and heads used in these engines, it is easy to find info on the 2 x 4 barrel Super Stock MW engines and the units used in drag racing, but any circuit racing stuff seems pretty scant, or the threads are from 15+ years ago and the pictures and gone / links are dead. I did find one 2406185 nascar intake in my search. Infact, it would probably be easier to find information on the African Violet, which are arguably amongst some of the toughest flower to grow - and require the right amount of daylight almost down to the minute in order for the plant to flower.. I'm just looking for some info on some damn old obsolete motor  
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Re: Information on NASCAR / road race Max Wedge engines
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 I'll get started on researching the African violet as this thread evolves.  I have always wondered if the long ram intakes where ever used competively in the early days. I watched Mopars compete in Nascar in the years you are asking about, but never saw with a hood opened.
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Re: Information on NASCAR / road race Max Wedge engines
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I have a friend who has two of the original OEM, not NOS, Mopar 410 HP Magnezuim (SP?) single four barrel NASCAR legal at the time intake manifolds. He had planned on using them on his 1964 426 M.W. Plymouth Savoy but never got around to doing that swap from the crossram and dual AFB
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Re: Information on NASCAR / road race Max Wedge engines
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The early 4 barrel intales were cast by drag master. I seem to remember them have a small base carter carb flange with an open plenum. Very short intake, really low like a ch4b. I always wanted to test that intake but all of my !W stuff is low deck. There was mention of that intake in a car craft or hot rod mag article featuring new aftermarket chrysler gear. I forget what year etc.
Thinking more on this wouldnt a big block powered car be too heavy for SCCA comp back then? I thought 63-66 were Darts for the road race stuff?
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Re: Information on NASCAR / road race Max Wedge engines
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The 1974 petty enterprises catalog shows all the RB engine parts. (Edit- RB blocks)
I think the heads are max wedge ports?
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Re: Information on NASCAR / road race Max Wedge engines
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The early 4 barrel intales were cast by drag master. I seem to remember them have a small base carter carb flange with an open plenum. Very short intake, really low like a ch4b. I always wanted to test that intake but all of my !W stuff is low deck. There was mention of that intake in a car craft or hot rod mag article featuring new aftermarket chrysler gear. I forget what year etc.
Thinking more on this wouldnt a big block powered car be too heavy for SCCA comp back then? I thought 63-66 were Darts for the road race stuff? I'm not too sure about the names of the competition associations, but the 'lightweight' fairlane & galaxie thunderbolts raced in the early 60s and they were in excess of 1700kg!
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Re: Information on NASCAR / road race Max Wedge engines
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The 2406185 single-four intake was a full valley cover, there was also one that wasn't a full valley cover but had the MW ports.
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Re: Information on NASCAR / road race Max Wedge engines
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Hi all I am just wondering if anyone has any good (factual) information (pictures PLEASE) on the single 4 barrel 413 and 426 Max Wedge engines that ran in NASCAR between 1962 and 64 (before the Hemi came out, which is everyone's main focus obviously, and it seems the MW just plain got glossed over after the race hemi dropped) And they may have run in any road racing classes like SCCA when new. I am specifically looking for data on the intakes, blocks and heads used in these engines, it is easy to find info on the 2 x 4 barrel Super Stock MW engines and the units used in drag racing, but any circuit racing stuff seems pretty scant, or the threads are from 15+ years ago and the pictures and gone / links are dead. I did find one 2406185 nascar intake in my search. Infact, it would probably be easier to find information on the African Violet, which are arguably amongst some of the toughest flower to grow - and require the right amount of daylight almost down to the minute in order for the plant to flower.. I'm just looking for some info on some damn old obsolete motor They ran in NASCAR and USAC. Never seen any reference to SCCA full bodied cars. There were a couple of Hemi Can-Am/USSAC Powered race cars. The Husain and the McKee Plymouth. I don’t believe either had any success.
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