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    anybody ever use a tunnel ram?

     



    what were your expieriences with them? did you find any differences in brands? weiand, edelbrock ,offy?

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    yes weiands and if you look at my photos you can see me making a sheet metal one
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    With tunnel rams there are differances in everything---volume, length, cross section,entry angles, port match, pleum volume,etc.etc.etc.etc

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    yes that would be true
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    just a plain jane off the shelf weiand or edelbrock is what i was refering to ive seen them sheetmetal ones WOW! nice work pat.

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    Ive ran an edelbrock TRI Y on a street strip vega, I still have the intake. It was horrible on the street but a real kiier on the strip. You lose alot of your bottom end torque with a tunnel ram, but gain big power at high RPM's. Your 283's would wind up with a tunnel ram. You have to figure every pro stock drag car made for years and years have ran and still run tunnel rams.


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    Quote Originally Posted by mooneye777 View Post
    You have to figure every pro stock drag car made for years and years have ran and still run tunnel rams.
    That is very true, but when was the last time you saw a Pro Stock drag car cruise down main street from stop light to stop light? In my opinion, a wrong choice for a street driven car.

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    i dont drive my car on the street maybe arund the block tweaking with something but never more then a mile away 99.9% track .00001 street use

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    Then I say, go for it!!!!

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    thats where im going called aorund a few cam places so far the best 2 recomendations have been crower and chet herbert. still waiting on howards to call back here it is!
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    i would look at erson . crower . isky
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    i tried isky the cam they said wasnt so good, which was surprising. crower was a good one have not tried eroson called and left a message though. same with howards

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    Quote Originally Posted by gassersrule_196 View Post
    i tried isky the cam they said wasnt so good, which was surprising. crower was a good one have not tried eroson called and left a message though. same with howards
    was not so good to what ?
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    If its a chevy. Cam Motion makes the best HP of all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bada View Post
    If its a chevy. Cam Motion makes the best HP of all.
    as to what ? they make more power? i do not use to many out of box cams ? they are best for custom cams or off the shelf grinds ??? i had good running engines using many howards .crower.isky. ersons .lunati .and other i look at numbers and if they can grind what i want . every one has a sweet heart cam grinder . i like not waiting on the line for a hour like COMP and then taking to a guy that knows less about cams then i do
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