Ok guys....I am about to swap a 355 into my car. The engine was completely built with carb and intake manifold when I bought it. The problem is that it is a must for it to fit under the stock hood and I don't think that the victor jr that is currently on the engine will.

What would be a good intake that would fit under the stock hood and make good power with a carbed 355ci with aluminum heads producing about 375 horses with an additional shot of N2O?

Thanks in advance

 

That depends on if you want an air cleaner on the carburetor. This has been a major sticking point for me since I would like to run a Performer RPM (EDL-7104 non-airgap) on mine. Sounds like you are working on a sleeper also.
...and welcome to the club.
I can't even find out how much taller that intake is than stock.
I currently have the factory AL Q-jet manifold with stock air cleaner (from an '87) and it's clearance is about 3/8" to the hood.
It's here.
Let me know what you find out because I could use an answer also.

 

right now I have a 14x3 open air element, but I want to run a cold air intake off of the carb. I was just throwing this out there to see if someone would chime in on what they were running.

I say that the victor jr won't fit because it doesn't look like it will. If it fits I hope someone will chime in and correct me. If push comes to shove, I'll take both manifolds out and measure from the ground to the top of the intake.

And yes, I'm trying to create a super fast car that looks like stock and also retains a/c and all the other creature comforts.

 

The Vic Jr is a single plane. They are primarily for strip (3,500-8,000 RPM) and not street .
Victor Jr info.
You should find someone who runs at the strip and trade it. Like the spec says, it doesn't make much power below 3500 rpm and forget power brakes.

 

I will. My mechanic is building a thirdgen for his wife to drag at the strip. I'll try to unload it on him. Do you guys have any suggestions on what to run? I need power brakes!

 

Speaking of that. Any idea what cam is in the engine? There was a previous thread about a guy that bought a used 10 second drag car for the engine and wanted to know what all he needed to change to get the 12:1 C/R engine to be an awsome engine for his street car. The answer was: ...everything.

 

HA Ha! I assume you're reffering to my thread "so I bought this engine." It's almost under control dude. I am going to swap the iron heads for 76cc aluminum heads, this gets me to 11:1 compression (according to jegs.) The cam is a .690 lift and happens to be for sale alog with the current heads, valve train, and maybe the intake if it doesn't fit.

I'm only in for $2000 and I have the nitrous, engine, carb, headers, ministarter and tranny. Not too bad huh?

 

Scuuzth me while I get my foot outa my mouth...

 

I did get a good laugh out of it! The great thing about it is that with the advice of you guys this engine will be up and running soon with minor modifications. It's going to put about 375 hp to the ground and complete engine and tranny combo including the nitrous system (and full bottle) is only gonna cost me about 3500 bucks, and a buttload of headaches. But I work in steel structure fabrication, and if I got payed by the headache, I'ld be a millionaire!!!

 

Paydirt!!
Read this thread:
The answer to the air cleaner delima
This means we can use the RPM Air-gap manifold under a stock hood.

 

haha, nicely done supervisor!

k, my few points to add:

-I run a performer RPM Q-jet, with q-jet, and stock single snorkle, new rubber motor mounts, and can close the hood without any "whack". No padding on underside of hood though.

-supervisor, those camaro wheels like really nice on the TA, . Also, I remember hearing your dyno pull with that motor, sounds like a beast! What was the dyno result again? and what cam/heads, if I may?

-systalis, you work in steel structure fabrication? You're gonna fab up suspension bits then ? SFC's, wonderbar, LCA's, panhard, give'r!

 

Wheels just happened to be on it when I bought it. They add to the confusion when somebody says: "what kind of car was that?" The timing was set overly conservative when I did the dyno pull since I wouldn't be able to hear it detonate with open exhaust. I didn't know how conservatave until recently. 5' initial and advance starting at 1500 thru 4500 with only 17' at 4000. It made more noise than HP. About 230 but torque curve was very flat. Cam is Isky 280 w/224@.050 .465 lift but with a nasty 108' LSA. Heads are ported camel-hump 462's. TRW 11:1 forged slugs with static C/R of 11.1:1 and dynamic of 9.5:1. Engine ain't much to look at But it does sing at 6500.
What we're talking about: Dyno Pull

 

I was thinking about fabbing my own parts sonix, but unfortunately, I am putting in about 70 hrs a week at work. It sucks but it allows me to have my hobby without having a divorce!!!
I got spohn sfc's, wonderbar, and umi's panhard. I am thinking about fabing a custom strut tower brace that connects to the firewall. After all those hours at work I don't really feel like cutting and welding though.
I know everything about framing drilling platforms, but nothing about automobiles. Sounds strange huh? One sounds alot more complicated than the other!

 

thanks supervisor! I read that thread twice. I'm not hell bent on useing the victor jr, but that's more money I can spend on getting this engine and proper exhaust in my car sooner. I can always change the victor jr later.

If I was buying a new one I wouldn't choose this one, But since I already have it!!