Hood Clearance Question

Posted By: moparniac

Hood Clearance Question - 02/15/09 01:21 AM

What would you rather do? mill the indy 440-3 intake down or lower the motor some.... I need to go down about 3/8ths

thx

Posted By: RoadRnnr69

Re: Hood Clearance Question - 02/15/09 03:02 AM

How much clearance will the 3/8 give you?
I had 1 inch and my carb hit the hood. I ended up chaining the motor down and bought a six pack hood from mmissle.

Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: Hood Clearance Question - 02/15/09 03:09 AM

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What would you rather do? mill the indy 440-3 intake down or lower the motor some.... I need to go down about 3/8ths

thx

If your contacting now... you need ALOT more than 3/8"

Posted By: Thumperdart

Re: Hood Clearance Question - 02/15/09 04:03 AM

Put a scoop on that beoch.......you`ll need the cool air anyhow.

Posted By: 70HemiGTX

Re: Hood Clearance Question - 02/15/09 12:13 PM

I had a little more than 1" between the top of the carbs and my scoop. So I built a 6 pack style aircleaner that sits down over the carbs. Now I have more aircleaner surface area and it looks neat also.

Posted By: moparniac

Re: Hood Clearance Question - 02/15/09 02:27 PM

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What would you rather do? mill the indy 440-3 intake down or lower the motor some.... I need to go down about 3/8ths

thx

If your contacting now... you need ALOT more than 3/8"

I already have a tA hood........ it just barely and i mean barely touched bfore and I have solid motor mounts.... this new setup is only .25 taller so 3/8's will have no rub.....

but what way would you rather go.... will milling the intake affect performance..

Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: Hood Clearance Question - 02/15/09 02:49 PM

I am guessing that you mean from the top of your
air cleaner... if you have enough air filter that
the engine can breathe then all you need is JUST clear
(if you dont have any frame twist) a 1/4 " should work

Posted By: moparniac

Re: Hood Clearance Question - 02/15/09 02:53 PM

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I am guessing that you mean from the top of your
air cleaner... if you have enough air filter that
the engine can breathe then all you need is JUST clear
(if you dont have any frame twist) a 1/4 " should work

but when it just"barley" touch it mad a spider cirle crack in the area about the size of a 1/2 dollar... so will milling the intake 3/8's hurt performance or lower it via the k member

Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: Hood Clearance Question - 02/15/09 03:18 PM

Probably the easiest way would be to put 4.. 1/2"
spacers between the frame and K-member

Posted By: moparniac

Re: Hood Clearance Question - 02/15/09 05:48 PM

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Probably the easiest way would be to put 4.. 1/2"
spacers between the frame and K-member

what kind of affect will that have on the auto tranny?

Posted By: B1Fish540

Re: Hood Clearance Question - 02/15/09 06:16 PM

Have you considered a drop base air cleaner, maybe you already have one. If so i would use a diffrnt intake, seems like it would be better than ruining a new intake(no resale value).

Posted By: moparniac

Re: Hood Clearance Question - 02/15/09 07:56 PM

already have a dropped base setup....

Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: Hood Clearance Question - 02/15/09 08:37 PM

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Probably the easiest way would be to put 4.. 1/2"
spacers between the frame and K-member

what kind of affect will that have on the auto tranny?

Well if the trans has a rubber mount I would unbolt
the motor mounts and lower the K then look to see if
there is any angle at the motor mounts when you bolt
then back up, if there is any angle change then add
a shim to the motor mounts. Basically you would be
pivoting the engine down from the trans mount forward
to the motor mounts. The tailshaft will raise up on
the ratio of difference between the 2 points