Arlene Vanke Hemi Intake

Anyone run one? Thinking of going to one over my single plane....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n89dCwJqbhE

That's the intake that I run on my 540. Ken at Indy had told me that in my street/strip application that I would like the dual plane better than the single. Coming from wedges, honestly, I doubted him. So, I bought both Dominator flanged open and dual plane intakes and ran them back to back on the dyno during break-in. The Vanke dual plane gave up 11hp at the top while picking up nearly 30#lb of torque.

The engine peaks at 6,800 and made 685hp with a 1050.

What manifolds are you talking about when you say single plane and dual plane.

i have the tall big runner single plane that is all ported out....Makes around 840hp currently. I don't rev it past 6500, so I was wondering if I should swap to the dual plane and try it. Maybe even mill down the divider and port it out and run an open spacer. Did that on a small block eddy air gap and it made a fantastic difference.

PS It does not fit with the air cleaner and the hood down all the way. I even milled a little off the top of that intake and there just isn't room.

Is yours ported, and did you use a phenolic spacer?

Both intakes were Indys. The combo was going under the Shaker in the Cuda, so height was a major limitation. I also had a Ray Barton intake, but there was no way it was going to fit, so I didn't even run it on the dyno. The open intake was the shorter Indy. I don't remember the number. No room for any spacer. MCH ported the heads, but the intake was uncut.

I had a lot of people tell me that any Indy with a Dominator would not fit under the Shaker. Had to lower the K, and had to fab up the Shaker base with a Dominator drop base and build an air cleaner lid out of fiberglass to get the carb up into the bonnet. It all fits.....just barely and was a lot of work. These pics are from the wedge days, but are pretty much the same as today with the Hemi.



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Before I watched the video, I thought you were talking about the street Hemi factory intake that has the Arlen Vanke modification.

Me too, that’s why I asked what manifolds he referred too.

Me too, am thinking of making one

Mopar had that style of magnesium single 4150 carb intakes on the 1964 and 1965 race Hemi 410 HP for NASCAR racing
A friend of mine ended up with two of them and was planning on racing a 1964 Plymouth Savoy in NHRA stock but he never got it finish, I don't think he could find the correct carb

I ran my own machined Vanke style street Hemi intake on my other +.030 over mild Hemi on the street. It loved it. Never had any issues.

I like your modified base to the side Dominator carb shaker. I modified mine for dual Dominator's and a tunnel ram.

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Last one.

You are obviously a MUCH better fabricator than I am.

There is nothing complicated about the Vanke mod. My intake also has the splash shield under it but I don't remember if it was part of the Vanke mod or a separate option.