Anyone Ever Run One Of These?

[LocuMob]

I just picked this up, wondering if anyone has experience running this setup:

It's going in my Dart sometime down the road and if possible I would like to use it for street and track use, mostly street use around my local area as a track is 2 1/2 hours away and I don't have a trailer. In have plenty of time to get parts and info. I have the Mopar Engines book for a basic recipe for the engine build, but if anyone has any info that might help.me.out, feel free to let me know. Thanks.

 

[commando1]

Picked out your hood scoop yet?

 

[Turboomni]

Many more knowledgeable than I will surely chime in but other than being cool as hell I have heard they are a pain to setup and maintain. If this ain't so I would love to hear about it. Don't know anything about power improvement either over a 4 barrel. Top end I guess?

 

[LocuMob]

Picked out your hood scoop yet?

Years ago. Now I just have to buy it.

 

[LocuMob]

Many more knowledgeable than I will surely chime in but other than being cool as hell I have heard they are a pain to setup and maintain. If this ain't so I would love to hear about it. Don't know anything about power improvement either over a 4 barrel. Top end I guess?

It's set up for drag racing basically. I could add vacuum secondaries for the outboard carb, etc for street use. Luckily I know a guy who owns a Six Barrel car and has plenty of experience with them, so I can get it tuned fairly well close to home. Without him I'd be a bit more pessimistic. It will sit for a while, til I can build a proper engine.

 

[Big_John]

I ran a six barrel setup on a couple different cars for many years.

IMHO, while I don't know what the rest of your combination is, I don't think you'll be happy with that setup. The big, single plenum and short runners aren't going to have the low and mid range power that you need to go fast on the street... and then you have the mechanical linkage with accelerator pumps on all three carbs. Again, not a real great street package.

IIRC, Chrysler had a number of mods for the plenum for that manifold to keep gas from puddling. When they first were produced, the manifold was aimed at the six barrel cars running super stock class. As it turned out, it wasn't very popular. I remember one car being half successful, but they were "tight" with Chrysler and there was other factors making them fast.

If you want a six barrel setup, go for it... but sell this one and get a dual plane manifold and some vacuum secondary carbs. You will go faster.

 

[LocuMob]

I realize the way it sits isn't optimal for street use. I don't plan on driving the car that much, my Polara is more my driver. I just think it'd be cooler to see this under the hood vs all the single plain 4 barrel street/strip cars at shows near me. I'm not concerned with winning any events, just taking it out to stretch it's legs and see what it might be capable of. The car will probably end up close to a Hemi clone of sorts. Basic interior and possibly fiberglass whatever I can. Even if this combination hljust absolutely sucks, I'll still keep it for the uniqueness of it. Something g you don't see everyday. I like collecting oddball intakes. If they work on a car, even better. But I do agree with most of what you said, the rest I haven't experienced.

 

[LocuMob]

By the way, all the other intakes I have acquired for this car, except an Edelbrock Performer RPM, is multi carbed. I've abandoned the idea this car will be a daily driver.

 

[Turboomni]

Well I say go for it! It will stand out for sure and look bad @$$!!!

 

[70bigblockdodge]

Can't really beat the coolness unless you put a blower on it. If price was right I would be tempted and have already bought and installed my hood scoop and it will not fit over that.

 

[saylor]

thats cool as hell. i have this offy 2x4 intake, and i put it on the car had it bolted down and everything, and punted when i realized how much i was gonna have to work the throttle and xmission linkage.. so i removed the offy, bought an 8008 action+ intake thinking everything would be 'oem' fit ... and i still had to goof with all the linkage. it was still a pain in the ***.

i should have stuck with the 2x4 offy.

once you do start to install this, commit! dont turn back!

my offy intake is sitting on the garage floor, laughing at me. taunting me. im a quitter.

dont be a quitter! be a cool guy with a six pak.

try not to die -

- saylor

 

[twostick]

That is THE tunnel ram intake for a 440. The only shortcoming it has is the lack of a 2x4 top.

Runner length is ideal for the RPM range a 440 is suited to.

You will never find a dyno sheet that supports the misconception that a TR won't work on the street.

Those intakes get north of $1000 bare, no carbs.

Don Dulmage has an article on his site about making a 2x4 top for one. It's a good read. Lots of good info on his site.

DOn DulmaGE

Kevin

 

[C Body Bob]

There was one of these for sale in the swap meet section at the MOPAR show I went to yesterday. $900 bucks. It was clean & new looking.

 

[polara71]

From the good ol days..... around 86 / 87

 

[LocuMob]

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From the good ol days..... around 86 / 87

Yours? Wouldn't expect that under the hood of that car.

 

[polara71]

Yours? Wouldn't expect that under the hood of that car.

Yes, it was. No one ever did expect it. obviously the car wasnt a looker but with the hood up it stopped many. What a great sound it was when all six starting sucking air

 

[LocuMob]

What, if anything, was done to the engine?

 

[polara71]

What, if anything, was done to the engine?

Damn, I dont know if I ever knew. After I pulled my 318 in favor of a 340 from a duster I sold that and went to a 400 from a 69 Polara. I thought it was a 383 when I bought it. The 400 Turned out to be a 1972 400HP block that I ran the snot out of. One day that 400 started to shake, rattle and sputtered to the side of the road.
I took the car to Tom Chamberlain in Mt Ephraim. Old Tom was a very reputable Mopar guy and engine/transmission builder. I told him I wanted a 440 built with 3 2s. He said ok. It would cost me a grand and he gets to keep the 400. I have no idea what he did to the inside of that engine or how it was built. It was fun and pulled ok but not what I had hoped for. I eventually traded the 3 -2s for a Thermoquad and a brake job.
Then that engine went to racer Dom Balducci and he sent it to Radar corporation for a complete re build. 12.5 to 1 compression, 292 duration with a 510 lift on the cam. They did $900 of head work, remember this is 1988. Dom encouraged me to sell the C body and buy a Dart or a Challenger and promised if I did he would have the car running 10s . I didnt want that , I wanted a tough C body. Knowing me he kept it "detuned" . I had a reputation of breaking engine mounts, universal joints and trashing transmissions. ......

oooops sorry took this too far

 

[C Body Bob]

Cool story. Love it

 

[lotrucker]

i have a 383 going with a 2x4 wieand intake with 2 600 eldebrock carbs. going to be my winter project, cam lifters, roller rocker, push rods. i'm going to pull engine clean engine compartment & paint up engine too. i would go for the 3 duces they would be awesome. by the way what year is your car ??