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Damn that sucks.
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commando1
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Did he not measure the additional height? I have to use a shorter air cleaner screw in the middle of the carb so the hood does not come into contact with it when closed.
commando1
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I'd be willing to entertain that thought. Looks nicely done.
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Yea I know, but no place for throttle rod on that setup and on top of that I don't have the 3 piece mechanism with the pivot on the back of the head for the rod.
68plymouth383
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I would get a complete 3 piece kick down setup. You have a lot more options with throttle linkages, and kick down linkages ect with that. If you decide you want to go back to a stock high manifold you have a backup linkage. I use an edelbrock performer on my 440. It's close to stock high, so no clearance issues. It makes power from idle to 5,500 that's perfect for a street car. The performer rpm doesn't make power till 1,500 rpm and it's taller.....
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monaco75
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Being a set up for a 440, would it work on a 383? They heave different kits listed for B/RB engines. I'll ask him if he wants to sell.
Not sure if hes gonna try and make it work or not. He had fair warning when putting it together it wouldn't work, but he was hell bent lol. Hes just now getting the front end on the car. Hes been putting the car together piece by piece for the last 2 years.
70NPORT
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Yea. I'm hanging on to the old intake (also an eddy performer
for b motor). I want to switch up (cam/intake) to see how I come out. I drive a lot, have too out of necessity. I'm no speed racer, but I'm usually not chugging about at 800-900 rpms just enjoying the scenery either. Down the road I may make other changes as $$$ allows.
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Nope. I even have the carb on a spacer. I put a good sized dab of playdough on the highest point of the air cleaner lid and closed the hood completely. The play dough came out untouched. I probably have a good inch maybe inch and a quarter of air between the hood and the highest part of the lid.
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What was the reason for it not working - other than the height affecting hood clearance? Looks like it should work.
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Strike that. Closer to a hair over 1/2 of inch. Still plenty of space.
bluefury361
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70bigblockdodge
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Gary maybe you could cut your old one and bolt it to the AR engineering piece and then just cut rod and have piece.added. fwiw.
monaco75
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No the only problem was hood clearance. Formals have absolutely no room under the hood. When he was putting the motor together, I was keeping my fingers crossed that it would work (I want to install one on my car badly!). But theres just no space...
Heres the car in its current state..
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Heres with a straight edge going across the fenders. The hood will give a little more space, but just don't see an air cleaner fitting under there...
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monaco75
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Oh and also, Deff keep that intake!! Great intakes if you have the room for em! I loved the one on top of my old 400. Great throttle response, and nice torque throughout the rpms of the engine.
70NPORT
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That sucks. Looks like the rest of the car is coming along nicely, tho.No the only problem was hood clearance. Formals have absolutely no room under the hood. When he was putting the motor together, I was keeping my fingers crossed that it would work (I want to install one on my car badly!). But theres just no space...
Heres the car in its current state..
Heres with a straight edge going across the fenders. The hood will give a little more space, but just don't see an air cleaner fitting under there...
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