Max Wedge Cross Ram
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Anyone ever done any work on one to improve the flow or performance? Do you think there can be any improvement made and leave the exterior stock appearing? What seem to be the bottle neck that hinders the flow of these intakes? Thanks
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Re: Max Wedge Cross Ram
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Have you access to any of the Old engine books..It lays out some mods for these intakes. If you want I can scan them for ya, and email them too you. From what I have seen the mods are simple pop cycle stick dams and epoxy, mods to the divider walls etc. All internal so you wont know it by looking at them. There is a few people out there that can make these intakes a bunch better than factory thats for sure. Looks like most no days that is doing class racing with maz wedge go with the indy bath tube intake. They run good, but dont have that look of a old factory intake.
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Re: Max Wedge Cross Ram
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Have done alot of work on them even tried cutting it open and redoing the runners. The floor design on that intake is not good and nothing improved it. Leave it alone. i had 5000. tied up in one and it only moved the powerband around no payday.
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Re: Max Wedge Cross Ram
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Have done alot of work on them even tried cutting it open and redoing the runners. The floor design on that intake is not good and nothing improved it. Leave it alone. i had 5000. tied up in one and it only moved the powerband around no payday.
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Re: Max Wedge Cross Ram
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Yes Tom Tiganeli use to work with diamond on the race hemi intakes and they tried the same thing with the max wedge intake. What they did was cut the intake at the interconnector and ported it bigger. Then either welded it up or made a small plate to cover it. You can do a prety good job of the same thing if you take the freeze plugs out and go in there with a long stem cutter and open it up some. It is suppose to help some. It is worth a try.
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Marlin Bogner had this intake for sale many years ago. I think he said that Batten did it and the heads. I wanted to buy just the intake, but he wanted to sell as a package. I didn't have the cash to swing that deal.
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Re: Max Wedge Cross Ram
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Jake Would you say these old original style intakes are more suited on the 3.75 stroke engines, or does the longer stroke engines amplify the top end asthma problems? Seems hardly anyone is building stock stroke engine anymore, unless the class or rules dictate such changes.... I know were a complete setup is with carbs...Im sure they need rebuilt, and I dont think the linkage is there...But that is just a phone call away to places like A&A. Which brings me to my next question, is the repop intakes any improvements over the stock piece? I know the Mp Hemi X-Ram is a bit better than the originals.
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Re: Max Wedge Cross Ram
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Jake will back me up on this. Even the best modified cross ram isn't much better. Remember this intake was built for a 413 inch motor running 5500 rpm. Designed in 1961. Believe me if I could make one work I'd replace my Indy. Doug
Correct me if I am wrong Doug, but arent you the gentleman who took off the stock piece, and added the Indy unit and picked up like over a half second? IIRC AndyF done this swap on the dyno and found like 100hp or something..
Actually, it was closer to 80hp, but still...
I love the maxie cross ram and would love to have one on my '63....for looks alone.
The simple fact of the matter is they are a dated design that has long been passed up by single plane units and the Indy piece.
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Re: Max Wedge Cross Ram
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Doug and I both used the stock intakes on 500in.ers. We went fast at that time. Doug picked up a ton with the indy. The power level varies with the head flow and cam selection. I think with dougs combo they picked up 55hp???. I have sean as much as a100. I never dynoed Jim Wipples motor for a A-B test but he picked almost a 1/2 second. From 10.3's-9.8's. I went high 9.8's as an average with the best 9.68. So one could use that intake for that combo but there is allot of power over the stock intake with the indy. Mr.340 that looks almost exactly like mine did.
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Re: Max Wedge Cross Ram
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If the 8536 is the wide cap then no. You need the narrow cap or offset dist.
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