Tubular intake?
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Have you made any progress on this? I've been thinking about the same thing. I figured I would make the top interchangeable between and a Holley and the stock carb. I planned on using exhaust u-bends and welding them to a plate
cut to match the intake gasket. My only concern is that the material may be to
thin and allow the fuel/air charge to get to hot.
cut to match the intake gasket. My only concern is that the material may be to
thin and allow the fuel/air charge to get to hot.
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lol. i just got this idea too, then i came on the site and found this.
i am a welder, and tubing/pipe bender by trade so i figure i could make some thing up.
right now i am and a friend are making a new upper intake manifold to the stock 2 piece on a ford 2.3.
my idea is pretty simple. I'm more or less going to be making some thing like a inline 4 turbo manifold.nice simple L shape.
the thing i can not figure out is the tube's meeting the carb. for a 4 port motor, should the pipes feeding the port's get air and fuel from all barrels . i know what to do on a 2 side draft setup but not sure about a 4 barrel setup
i am a welder, and tubing/pipe bender by trade so i figure i could make some thing up.
right now i am and a friend are making a new upper intake manifold to the stock 2 piece on a ford 2.3.
my idea is pretty simple. I'm more or less going to be making some thing like a inline 4 turbo manifold.nice simple L shape.
the thing i can not figure out is the tube's meeting the carb. for a 4 port motor, should the pipes feeding the port's get air and fuel from all barrels . i know what to do on a 2 side draft setup but not sure about a 4 barrel setup
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That has been a matter of some debate. Jeff20B has some interesting threads on the subject of separate runners versus channels between the primaries and secondaries. It's also been suggested (I want to say by 84stock, but I could be mistaken) to connect the primary runners together with a channel, but leave them separate from the secondaries. Generally it's not considered a good idea to have all four runners open to all four barrels (i.e. open plenum). The best thing to do would be to make a bunch of spacers and try different combinations.
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I will eventually try an Edelbrock 600 on a stock '74 intake manifold which has seperate runners. The carb adaptor has a channel connecting both primaries only. I have a four hole Holley gasket and an open plenum Edelbrock gasket to try. Engine is a streetported 4 port 13B.
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i dont really know to much about carb's, but i have a idea about how they work. i mean i dont know how to tune them or what size cfm a 12a would need and jets and so on. if some one could draw some thing up showing how the flow path should be from the carb to the port's . ie should i make the primary's on the carb go to the center iron's or the end iron's. should both runners have a channel cut in them to share the air ect ect.
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A 12A will flow a max of about 365 CFM. No more without forced induction. On the stock manifold the primary venturi runners go to the centre ports and the secondary runners to the outboard ports. No reason to do anything different. A good manifold would help since the stocker is said to be a bottleneck. I believe the reason for the channel in the stock manifold is to aid in idle quality, but I can't say for sure. Just have a look at your stock manifold and copy that with some larger ID tubing.
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Jeff20B your the man in the know. what size 4 barlle carb would you say i should go with for a stock na 12a and a 12a turbo motor(thats my plan down the road) id rather have a na 4 rotor 12a but i couldnt make one my self.