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new max wedge intake
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Looks pretty radical!
Your engine must be built on the high end of cam profile specs and compression ratio, etc., right?
Your engine must be built on the high end of cam profile specs and compression ratio, etc., right?
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That surprised the hell out of me! Trivia: I actually gave away a max wedge cross ram intake and a pair of cylinder heads (had the obsolete "tulip" intake valves) about ten years ago that I purchased in the '70's and kept on the shelf almost forever.
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The plan back in the mid '70's was to use them on a 440 and drop it in a '64 Barracuda a friend gave me. Never materialized. Took the four speed out of the Barracuda and put it in my '65 Valiant four-door bracket car (273).
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The plan back in the mid '70's was to use them on a 440 and drop it in a '64 Barracuda a friend gave me. Never materialized. Took the four speed out of the Barracuda and put it in my '65 Valiant four-door bracket car (273).
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How about Tunnel Bam?
.650 roller , 10-1 , stage 3 heads , 426 marine block bored .010 over , gear drive , etc. but because the cars not an original max car, and with a modern sheet metal style tunnel ram, a fairly large gain in power will be had..and i have always wanted a tunnel ram..plus i now can run just about any valve cover , with the crossram i was very limited..
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small plenum must be pretty good with auto trans?
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I want that carb setup.....box it up NOW.
I don't think the standard Max wedge scoop is gonna work, lol.
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you too? I sold- but way to cheap the entire upper end of a max wedge in 1997, heads complete, intake,carbs,distributor, air cleaners and exhaust- for $1500.00. it was al lon my clone '62 Dart SS car. got pissed off when I went to a nostalgia race and had one time run at 9AM, 2:00 pm waiting for second run? nope,not having it ,went home took the car apart and sold the car with a 383 and the engine short block for 200. bad pistons.now I have none of it and all regrets.
yeah,,the max style scoop is for sale! with those air cleaners on,, its above the hood by 4".. not bad,, so i might install a 4 3/4" vfn hood scoop (sc-115) like the 1 run by malex currently..or, let it all hang out the hood..
intake is 1" taller than the indy crossram bathtub unit,and according to hot rod magazine dyno tests makes appx 50 horses more than 1.
intake is 1" taller than the indy crossram bathtub unit,and according to hot rod magazine dyno tests makes appx 50 horses more than 1.
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I don't know how much better the tunnel ram is than the Indy cross ram. I do know that on a engine similar to yours I dynoed a Indy cross ram vs the stock cross ram on the same day. The Indy was better starting at 4000, 50hp better at peak, and had peak power at 6800 vs 5800. I'm sure you'll pick up.
Doug
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Here is how I solved my clearance problem with a Harwood Scoop
thanks for the tip but,,i dont think so!lol...didn't u end up running that over in your driveway when u went back to a chrylser style scoop or something..
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Looks nice
always did like the Tunnel rams
I hope it runs as well as it looks too
good luck
always did like the Tunnel rams
I hope it runs as well as it looks too
good luck
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I still got the harwood scoop. Yes, went back to a 5" tall Hemi Scoop. Pix is before I had it painted.
I know the tunnel ram won't make it under my 5" scoop. Front carb is to close. I tried a stub stack with the INDY intake. Didn't like the carb opening that close to the bottom of the scoop, killed .10. My motor is slightly higher than stock though.
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after cutting the hole in hood,,i set it all on and measured,4",i did not set motor height with the plate,that was done before i got the car,,there is a '63 plymouth called "keepin the faith" that is running this intake , dual 4's and is using the 5" tall max scoop..running mid 8's!
I know the car. Paul Habura, used to race against it way back. The motor looks pretty low in the car. With the Indy my front airhorn is level with the hood. But the 5" tall portion of my scoop is well forward of the carb.
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i think this intake might put u into the 8's.......sometimes we have to get creative..right...............
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