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Re: Thermoquad on RPM Air Gap
[Re: DEMONSIZZLER]
#832218
10/18/10 11:23 AM
10/18/10 11:23 AM
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Kalispell Mt.
HotRodDave
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Why do you guys assume an adapter is robbing HP? Many Many guys find they go faster with a spacre and an adapter is almost the very same thing. Mabey I am the only one who does this but I like to take the adapter, bolt it on the intake and port it to smooth the transition till it is like one single piece of aluminum, thats how I roll with them on intakes not desighned for them and they seem to work VERY good. If you do that there is just no where for the HP to disapear  Not all M1s BTW can have a t-quad bolted right on and since he is talking about air-gaps and LD340 intakes it sounds like he wants a dual plane and the t-quad will not bolt to a M1 dual plane, onlyt the M1 single plane.
I am not causing global warming, I am just trying to hold off a impending Ice Age!
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Re: Thermoquad on RPM Air Gap
[Re: HYPER8oSoNic]
#832223
10/19/10 08:41 PM
10/19/10 08:41 PM
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Toronto, Ont, Canada
boydsdodge
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Why I ask is because the Thermoquad/LD340 combo works fantastic for me and what I use it for. But since I am having a hard time finding an LD340 and that the RPM Air Gap is a great intake along the lines of the LD, I thought it would be great to combine a Thermoquad and RPM Air Gap. Thats what/why I am asking. 
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Re: Thermoquad on RPM Air Gap
[Re: boydsdodge]
#832224
10/19/10 08:58 PM
10/19/10 08:58 PM
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Spokane Washington
ScottSmith_Harms
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Spokane Washington
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I thought it would be great to combine a Thermoquad and RPM Air Gap.
Short answer, absalutely yes, great combo! Long answer....It depends on your engine combo, but still likely a good combo for most any a street car.
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Re: Thermoquad on RPM Air Gap
[Re: boydsdodge]
#832225
10/19/10 09:09 PM
10/19/10 09:09 PM
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Manitoba, Canada
DaytonaTurbo
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Why I ask is because the Thermoquad/LD340 combo works fantastic for me and what I use it for.
But since I am having a hard time finding an LD340 and that the RPM Air Gap is a great intake along the lines of the LD, I thought it would be great to combine a Thermoquad and RPM Air Gap.
Thats what/why I am asking.
I would be tempted to try out one of the spreadbore holley double pumpers on it. I think that could also make for a nice combo on a street car.
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Re: Thermoquad on RPM Air Gap
[Re: HotRodDave]
#832226
10/20/10 09:23 AM
10/20/10 09:23 AM
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New Mexico
dmerc
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Why do you guys assume an adapter is robbing HP? Many Many guys find they go faster with a spacre and an adapter is almost the very same thing. Mabey I am the only one who does this but I like to take the adapter, bolt it on the intake and port it to smooth the transition till it is like one single piece of aluminum, thats how I roll with them on intakes not desighned for them and they seem to work VERY good. If you do that there is just no where for the HP to disapear
Not all M1s BTW can have a t-quad bolted right on and since he is talking about air-gaps and LD340 intakes it sounds like he wants a dual plane and the t-quad will not bolt to a M1 dual plane, onlyt the M1 single plane.
That's funny, I have a thermoquad on my Dual Plane M1 intake. I used an adapter. Why won't it work?
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Re: Thermoquad on RPM Air Gap
[Re: IcorkSOAK]
#832228
10/20/10 09:20 PM
10/20/10 09:20 PM
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Alton, IL
Dakota_Don
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Alton, IL
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I foolishly had that same combination for a litte (Thermobog on an RPM air gap). Just use an adapter... or better yet use a real carb. 
 
A properly tweaked THERMOquad does NOT have a BOG issue at all ...PEPSIkid 
And an ADAPTER is fine on a truck or RV ... but anything HP .. those adapters are NOT the plan. 
i love tqs
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Re: Thermoquad on RPM Air Gap
[Re: HYPER8oSoNic]
#832232
10/22/10 07:31 PM
10/22/10 07:31 PM
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Millinocket, Maine
JonC
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IIRC a few years back one of the mopar mags did a dyno test on those adapters and showed them to lose HP. However if they would have done like you describe, bolting them on then smoothing out the transition I suspect the loss would have vanished.
 100% with you!! Good point Daytona!! 
It still would be a tight if not impossible fit an a Cuda Ebody with twin scoop hood.
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Re: Thermoquad on RPM Air Gap
[Re: HotRodDave]
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10/23/10 12:00 PM
10/23/10 12:00 PM
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Eastern Ohio
mopowergtx
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Original poster. Street car right? Why not just run a stock 71-78 cast iron intake? Heck probably get one for free if you bug enough buddies for what they got laying around. Worst case scenario maybe twenty bucks. Thats a 79 but I wish it was a 78 because of that stupid tin thermostat housing they started using and turned 45 degrees starting in 79.  I missed that completely until after I sand blasted and painted it.
Last edited by mopowergtx; 10/23/10 12:11 PM.
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