Re: How to fix this intake?
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Hey hey...you're giving away our secrets! Lol
All the 'tricks' aren't disclosed, lol. Truth being I'd like to see Indy revise the lower casting because if this works you'd think it would sell at a premium price. Thought myself about making 'insert kits' a guy could rub and then epoxy together because...it's probably going to be better than a single 4 no-matter how bad I am. Do you think the same idea/theories would work on a Six Pack Modman? I'm sure each engine is going to have it's own specific set of requirements, but was thinking about how to kill some of the plenum on a 500" street motor I'm putting together.
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Re: How to fix this intake?
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I like it! AFAIK the ideal shape for the divider nose isn't a knife blade (frequently seen), but a full radius, where the diameter = divider thickness. Correct and that law is obeyed as much as possible on this divider width...except on one area.
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Re: How to fix this intake?
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All this work just to try and beat the old man. Doug The cat is out of the bag and you may feel the target on your back! I feel IT IS a possibility!!!... when Scott buys a better/bigger block with added higher CR etc, AND upgrades to a better head/rocker gear so we can put a cam in it thereby using core pieces capable of another 100HP AND finds another 300 pounds of weight, IT WILL(might) BE a might be a close race! Wait ...prob get a converter too. LOL When are we doing a RB modman for the '64?
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Re: How to fix this intake?
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All this work just to try and beat the old man. Doug The cat is out of the bag and you may feel the target on your back! I feel IT IS a possibility!!!... when Scott buys a better/bigger block with added higher CR etc, AND upgrades to a better head/rocker gear so we can put a cam in it thereby using core pieces capable of another 100HP AND finds another 300 pounds of weight, IT WILL(might) BE a might be a close race! Wait ...prob get a converter too. LOL When are we doing a RB modman for the '64? Prolly needs some 4150's too, we'll have to think some more but my head is already overcapacity.
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Re: How to fix this intake?
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I've been doing 'other things' so this went on a backburner but this is essentially what I'll try. There will be a TWO inch spacer above this and then one additional change was Scott buying the INDY "EFI" 2 AFB top which spreads the carbs apart a touch more so they are better over each runner. Talked with a few that run the modman and run well and there some basically unmodified in the plenum. That said, we could baseline it without the plenum mods..AH, NO! SIXPACKDODGE..So if you look at the partial circles in blue on the center bridge, they are the trace of the 2x4 'carb' lid from Indy. In my latest pics, I better scribed (you may be able to see the marks?) the "NEW" 2x4 lid which is the 'efi' version which places the carbs more central to the ports allowing me to straighten the runners a fair amount. IN theory, this will help distribution and also performance. Ken L shared that idle distribution is BAD in stock form until you get up in speed at WOT. I'd assume the 6-pack is even more central in carb placement...
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Re: How to fix this intake?
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I hate to say anything good about Indy but I don't know what you mean by "fix" this intake. I bolted one on my friends 572 Hemi and couldn't believe how close it ran to the ported super duper $3,000 S/S manifold we took off.
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Re: How to fix this intake?
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Several years ago I reworked a set of std port Indy SR heads that went on a 493 with a Ede 6bbl manifold. My recollection is it was a 10 second street/strip combo. After about a year or so the owner wanted to try and step it up a bit, so he bolted on an untouched std port Mod Man 6bbl manifold. Ran the same speed/ET.
That would have provided the option to open up both the heads and manifold to MW size. I don’t know if that ever happened or not.
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Re: How to fix this intake?
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I hate to say anything good about Indy but I don't know what you mean by "fix" this intake. I bolted one on my friends 572 Hemi and couldn't believe how close it ran to the ported super duper $3,000 S/S manifold we took off. I respect and appreciate everyone's input and feedback! Your application is different being a Hemi and I haven't looked at or measured the runners to the valve. I'm not interested in testing the intake for this motor IN HIS CAR etc. After sorting the engine in the car the results will tell a story. Dynoing this against an unmodified modman and against a different good single 4 intake system would be interesting. I'd guess between the MW porting, adding the spacer and straightening the runner path on this application it's probably a good 100HP better. We feel it will be better EVERYWHERE, especially down low. The spacer will allow the fuel to distribute better among other more obvious benefits. Once it's done and bondo'd up it'll look 'better' from a functional standpoint. The dividers were tacked-in for long-term retention and the center bridge was welded along the sides but after blending is not air-tight to the runners. For now it'll use AFB's because that's what Scott wants. It'd definitely benefit from the tunablity (pump shot mainly) and increased flow of a pair of Holleys. Now if runs as well as we expect it to with the AFB's wouldn't that be win/win?
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Re: How to fix this intake?
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[u][/u] IMO the spacer is a very good idea, adding back some volume being lost with the changes. I dont think it is a bad a piece as the crossram deal personally, because of where it places the carbs..Just my I love spacers, I put that shxt on everything!
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Re: How to fix this intake?
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Dynoing this against an unmodified modman and against a different good single 4 intake system would be interesting. Is any of that part of the plan?
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Re: How to fix this intake?
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Dynoing this against an unmodified modman and against a different good single 4 intake system would be interesting. Is any of that part of the plan? Negative ghost writer. I feel the engine has proven to be good in a short period of time. In theory this intake should be better. I added 1 point of compression by swapping in flattops and retarded cam 2 deg @107.25 Based on the weights he’ll probably stop looking for mph around 800hp. Short of that, who’s to guess what a guy will do? All this stupidity started when we looked at the weight and thought “it’d be cool to run 10’0s” So, like anyone would else…I started going back into things
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Re: How to fix this intake?
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When I look at that gaping maw of a plenum with stubby little runners I see a chaotic hurricane of fuel mist getting slapped around by induction and reversion pulses. At low rpm the fuel is likely puddling on the floor. At the hit the end cylinders are getting a big gulp of dry air and the centers aren't doing much better.
That thing needs air flow. Big air flow. Bigger than that. A 440 will need scary rpm to make it work and will struggle getting up to speed. Big inch engines (bigger than my 541) would likely do better with it but, again, you'll have to work to get into the usable rpm.
Just my amateur eye speaking.
I do like some of those runner mods.
We are brothers and sisters doing time on the planet for better or worse. I'll take the better, if you don't mind. - Stu Harmon
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