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Yes....it would have to be a monsoon to have any trouble. I used to run one on the street as a daily driver. I used a forward facing Hilborn scoop on it. If it was really nasty....you could turn the scoop around backwards.
Only had two weather issues.......
1) At first I used some velocity stacks on the carbs. I left town one day with some friends in another car and left car parked out in driveway. Big storm came and the stacks were real nice funnels..filled the cylinders and intake completely full of water. I figured it had happened, so I pulled all the plugs and spun the motor over before I tried to crank it. Otherwise it would have bent a rod or split the block.
2) When it was icy outside, you needed to make sure you mashed pedal all the way to floor before starting it to make sure you got all the icicles off the linkage so it wouldn't stick.
Otherwise...ran fine.
JIM
Only had two weather issues.......
1) At first I used some velocity stacks on the carbs. I left town one day with some friends in another car and left car parked out in driveway. Big storm came and the stacks were real nice funnels..filled the cylinders and intake completely full of water. I figured it had happened, so I pulled all the plugs and spun the motor over before I tried to crank it. Otherwise it would have bent a rod or split the block.
2) When it was icy outside, you needed to make sure you mashed pedal all the way to floor before starting it to make sure you got all the icicles off the linkage so it wouldn't stick.
Otherwise...ran fine.
JIM
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Actually, if you pick the right one...the smaller plenum ones and tune timing curve and carbs right..you would be amazed at the low end and mid range TQ those thing produce.
Those long runners really pick up the lower rpm stuff...just like the old TPI units did.
They do like a lot of initial timing.
JIM
Those long runners really pick up the lower rpm stuff...just like the old TPI units did.
They do like a lot of initial timing.
JIM
