intake height
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Safety Car
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From: Jennings LA
intake height
what intake and carb setups will fit under the stock hood on my 81? I was thinking of an Edelbrock performer with a holley dual feed 650. the car does have a nitrous setup so there is a 1/2 inch spacer under the carb for the nitrous. all emission controls will be removed. thanks
Le Mans Master
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From: Pine Bluff Arkansas
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17-'18-‘19-'20-'21
intake and carb
I have a rpm air gap with a holley street advenger on a 82. It fit under the hood with a low profile air cleaner. I used one of the new air cleaners with the filtered top. A 82 hood is a little different from yours. It has some meat inside to fit around the air cleaner. I had to trim some of that off to make it work.
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
Originally Posted by gator79
what intake and carb setups will fit under the stock hood on my 81? I was thinking of an Edelbrock performer with a holley dual feed 650. the car does have a nitrous setup so there is a 1/2 inch spacer under the carb for the nitrous. all emission controls will be removed. thanks
Drifting
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From: Shore NJ
Originally Posted by lebvette
I have a rpm air gap with a holley street advenger on a 82. It fit under the hood with a low profile air cleaner. I used one of the new air cleaners with the filtered top. A 82 hood is a little different from yours. It has some meat inside to fit around the air cleaner. I had to trim some of that off to make it work.
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From: Science Bitch! Mississauga, Ontario
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performer with a holley dual feed 650 will work, so will the RPM with a drop base air cleaner.
I'm going for the RPM air gap with my 650 Speed Demon. It's the same height as my current manifold - performer RPM
Les
I'm going for the RPM air gap with my 650 Speed Demon. It's the same height as my current manifold - performer RPM
Les
Melting Slicks
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From: Rochester Kent
Originally Posted by vetteonr
I just installed this rpm manifold with a Edelbrock carb on my '80 and it fits fine........
Team Owner
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From: central America
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
Ditto on the fire hazard, also can be a carb hazard...buddy of mine installed one, installed the dist. backwards (180 degrees off) backfired through the carb, and then he spent the next 2 months with an ice pick removing all the nice melted foam...moral of the story, talk to lars before installing a dist. 
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From: Uniondale IN
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intake height
I'm putting a new engine in my 74. I put vortec heads on it. I called Edlebrock to see what intake to use. They told me that they couldn't guarantee that any of their intakes would clear my stock hood. Anyone else tried it on a 74? How much difference is there in hood designs?
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From: CORVETTE 77 385 C.I. TEXAS
Originally Posted by hoosiervette
... I put vortec heads on it. I called Edlebrock to see what intake to use. They told me that they couldn't guarantee that any of their intakes would clear my stock hood. Anyone else tried it on a 74?
Melting Slicks
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From: Orrtanna Pa.
I've run the Performer intake with a drop base air filter and a 4" element with minor rubbing as a test.Ended up going with a 3" element. I used the same 3" element with an RPM intake with no clearance issues,and now run with a Vic. Jr.,all under the stock 80 hood.
