Thread: Desoto Hemi Here I Need Help

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Jim said : Some guys made log type intakes for multiple two-barrels (for time trial and drag racing applications) but I doubt that's what you're looking for. thanks JIM , I think i know what you are talking about. correct me if i'm wrong anybody . i guess you can take some thick alumi. or metal material and fashion a flange and weld shortened exhaust pipe and run rubber hose and clamps to a homemade plenum and presto, u have a funk homemade manifold. I guess I'm going to have use that as last resort. Thanks for the info and input guys.

Brian -

Here is, I hope, a picture of a "log" manifold in case you havent seen one.


The home made ones I have seen were very much like your concept (flanges, rubber hoses, etc.) and worked okay for competition purposes. The one we used on our Modified Roadster was store-bought and carried eight Stromberg 97 carburetors. I guess a guy could fabricate one for three two-barrels if he wanted to but I'd say the flow characteristics wouldn't be too good.

Some early sixties high performance cars had what was called (I think) a "progressive linkage" setup that opened the center carburetor for slow speeds and progressively fed in the other two as the "loud pedal" was pressed. I think Pontiac and Ford had this type of linkage, but I'll defer to Techinspector 1 in case I'm off-base with that comment.

Which ever way you go, good luck!

Jim