Sorry guys, l've been a SB guy for 30 years and this rb stuff is foreign to me and I have lots of questions so I need some opinions on this.
I just bought a 80's pro street (real) 6bbl cuda that has a mild 906 head, 440 and a 850 with a single plane and want to convert it back to some form of a 6 barrel again with a end goal of around 700-750(streetable) horse and it MUST fit under the factory shaker hood. I'm not really hung up on what head goes on or how big the cam is. stroking it could be on the table but I'm not against a higher revving combination either.My last small block was pretty aggressive and that's OK by me. Pump gas (not e85) is a must here.
My initial thoughts were of going with ported victor or Indy heads, a mod man intake and a efi 6bbl setup but all the posts are quite old and not up to date on people's results. I can't find any info if a mod man six barrel setup will fit under a shaker as I can't find any intake heights.
Carbs are not totally out of the question with the factory intake but what aftermarket head will flow the best and still accommodate a factory 6bbl intake?
I know using a six barrel setup to make bigger numbers isn't ideal but it would be sac religious to not put it back on....but I'm not willing to go slow either.
Well congrats on finding a 6BBL CUDA. WOOHOO now the fun begins.
If you remember, Paul Rossi ran a 440 6 pack in a 70 Challenger with the old Weiand 6 pack intake and it fit under the stock TA hood. I had one of those on my car for a while but with a 1050 Dominator intake and with the tall spacer required to make the Dominator work, i doubt it would have worked with the shaker I now have on my car. I have not heard anything good about the mod man intake. My Challenger was dyno'd at 650+ with a stock stroke a big roller cam, the above intake with dominator and a LOT of work on the 906 heads to get big flow numbers out of them. Look up six pack in the search engine. I seem to remember a post a while back about some modifications that were being done by Muscle Motors or someone that was getting really high HP numbers from them.
Good luck with yoru build. Post some pictures of yoru find.
