Offenhauser Intake
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A coworker has an offenhauser 360 single carb intake manifold that will fit my 440. No carb comes with it. Are these intakes any good? What are the characteristics it has. Will my old AFB work with it? I could probably get it for $75 or so.
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04/09/11 10:53 AM
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REALLY old-school stuff .... save yurr money, skip this one, add a couple of bucks to the purchase and get a Street Dominator.
I kind of agree with Doc on this one. Without seeing which one (there are a few choices available), it's hard to give good advise.
If you want it for the look, the nostalgia, go for it.
I owned and drove two different Offy intakes that were available, way back then. The Offy dual port that required a Thermoquad was very torquey off the line and had good throttle response, but at the track the Holley SD and Holley carb was about a second better for me.
The other Offy that was turle like and had a divider down the middle only (essentially making it two single planes divided down the middle), worked well on a car I bought, but I never track tested it.
I was always able to sell those Offy intakes for a good dollar to really old shool guys who just loved them. The Dual Port was sold for $400 25 years ago, here in Canada.
Too many cars, too many parts, too little coin, too little space to work in, too little time left to make it all happen!
Update: down to one ride, still too many parts, a little more jingle in the pocket, gaining space, and it's going to happen this year!
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04/09/11 11:07 AM
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If it's a dual plane and a DP fits your app (& I'm assuming it will as a dual plane fits most intended uses) then it'll b fine. As said not the perfect choice but money is tight and I'd approach him w (3) 20's in hand
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04/09/11 05:42 PM
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Thanks fellas, it has two seperate ports per intake runner and the primaries are seperated from the secondaries at the carb base. I'm not racing the car so I'm looking for appearance but not at the cost of everyday driving. He told me to make him an offer but he is a coworker and friend so I don't want to rob him. I see new equivalent ones go for around $400, I saw a used one on racing junk for $250. I will tell him he would probably be money ahead selling it online before I offer him the cash. The 440 is a first year from a New Yorker and has the factory cast 4 barrel intake on it. I have a mid 60's AFB which I have been using and which would save me a ton of cash if I could keep using it.
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04/09/11 07:18 PM
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No problems, the engine is needing a rebuild but it's sitting on a stand while I complete my never ending car resto. The AFB I have came from an old poly 4 barrel intake and I used it on the 440 just for a couple months before I commenced the car resto 4 years ago.
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04/09/11 08:49 PM
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Thanks fellas, it has two seperate ports per intake runner and the primaries are seperated from the secondaries at the carb base. I'm not racing the car so I'm looking for appearance but not at the cost of everyday driving. He told me to make him an offer but he is a coworker and friend so I don't want to rob him. I see new equivalent ones go for around $400, I saw a used one on racing junk for $250. I will tell him he would probably be money ahead selling it online before I offer him the cash. The 440 is a first year from a New Yorker and has the factory cast 4 barrel intake on it. I have a mid 60's AFB which I have been using and which would save me a ton of cash if I could keep using it.
Sounds like an Offy Dual Port. The theory is a high velocity primary in half of the intake runner, and the full punch from the secondaries filling in the rest of the runner volume.
That is the intake I sold for $400. It was torquey as hell, but I just could not tune the TQ for more power than the 850 Holley dp. If my offy was a square bore intake, I would have likely kept it.
$400 was a lot of money back in those days. That intake cost over $500 CDN back in those days.
Too many cars, too many parts, too little coin, too little space to work in, too little time left to make it all happen!
Update: down to one ride, still too many parts, a little more jingle in the pocket, gaining space, and it's going to happen this year!
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04/09/11 10:15 PM
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Sounds like an Offy Dual Port. The theory is a high velocity primary in half of the intake runner, and the full punch from the secondaries filling in the rest of the runner volume.
$400 was a lot of money back in those days. That intake cost over $500 CDN back in those days.
That Offy DP .... never ran one me-self but a bud did. Ran good except when he got into the secondaires. VERY restrictive inside that manifold. That intake must have been a horror show casting up...
4-5 huN beans ? ... DAMN
I am not familiar with the time-line .. but it was probably the same years that Eddy came out with the Streetmaster. That is a muchO bester intake than the Offy DP.
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Re: Offenhauser Intake
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04/10/11 11:33 AM
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Yes SB, yeah I got a SM on there now w an eddy 1406. It has miniscule ports/plenum but it IS a single plane & that part got me thinking if a swap would benefit
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Well I do have one of the "reverse" adapters to run a spreadbore carb on a square bore intake & if gas hits $5 I'll prob have Demonsizzler prep me a good TQ for the work vehicle
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04/10/11 11:51 AM
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RR .... do you have a pic of that "throat" of the intake? I think that it is sooo restrictive. Have you ever thought of prepping the carb yourself ? ... U R a sharp guy ...who could more-than-just-read a FSM. It would take 10$ a gallon gas for a pay-back from an expense like that ..
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04/10/11 11:57 AM
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Doc I appreciate the vote of confidence. I didn't take a pic but I remem how small they were, you couldn't miss it. Are you saying I had better b sitting down when I ask David for a price . W all the warped bowls etc w them that got me thinking of contacting him
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