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Anyone ever use these? granted they are out of date. But I found an Oval port one cheap. RPM range? Sreet and strip use w a 1" spacer? Carb base high/runner lengths campares to? Did a Google and came up w nothing on these but they look simular to a Torker II . I have no hood clearence issues w a 70 Nova 'glass cowl induction hood.
This manifold was produced in the early to mid-70's and was intended to add fuel mileage and efficiency from idle to about 4,500 rpm's. This was in the middle of the oil crisis and even if you could buy gasoline, it was very costly (in relation to bread and milk at the time). So, every effort was made to increase efficiency.
I used these manifolds on two different 302 Fords during that period with good success. The runners are very small to accelerate the mixture and fill the cylinders at lower rpm's. The throttle response is incredible along with manifold vacuum, but she's all done by 4,500.
It would seem a shame to me to use this manifold on an oval port build, because the same end result could be easily achieved with peanut ports which would otherwise be a bad choice for a strong street motor. I'd save the ovals for a 5,500-6,000 street project motor using a Performer or Performer RPM.
ah, Ok, I'll pass as my motor is using 049 heads and a 270ish Dur Thumper type cam. I need something to run in the 1800 to 6500 range , a Weiand Xcellerator, Edelbrock Perf RPM or TorkerII should fit the bill ,but harder to find used under $130 delivered for my limited budget.I'll be glued to ebay i guess.lol
Exactly what Tech posted,
I called Edelbrock on the tech line and they gave me exactly the response Tech just gave ,its definatly not a performance piece .I used the smallblock version on my engine in hopes of a little gas mileage,plus a little bottom end to move a heavy truck ,plus I already had it ......:3dSMILE:
i had one back in 1980 on a 396 with a 268 comp cam car ran very good intake is ok but there are better ones the 396 would run past 6000 with it ran alot better then most would think:D
Back in '79 I had a streetmaster on my 302 (from a '69 Fairlane), .030 over, Holley 600, stock heads, stock cam, headers, C4 with 3.92 (I think) rear end gears and got about 22 to 24 mpg when running between San Diego and Phoenix. IMHO it was a pretty good manifold for the street.
yep them on line tech they know every thing :rolleyes: they were not even born when that intake was made:LOL: and you need one of there new intakes hey they sold that 2.0 back in the 70s they can not make any money on it now:LOL: if he wants try a 1 or 2 inch spacer under the carb it will work:DQuote:
Originally Posted by shawnlee28
How about the Offenhauser 360 deg.? I found an oval port Qjet spreadbore model cheap ($70 shipped) and square bore Holley /Carters fit as well. Gotta be an improvement over the Streetmaster or stock low rise truck (low deck) intake as it is a dual plane hi rise design.
PM sent to him, thanks ,