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A buddy of mine asked my help in selecting an intake and carb for his 454 in his ‘72. I have no idea since mine is a small block. I his lower end is stock except a 280/288 cam and it has 049 heads. His main concerns are reliability and fitting under the BB hood.

Much thanks

ddawson

Not alot of options for a BB hood.

Stock, or 69 aluminum L36.

I used a LS6 intake and Quickfuel carb which fits under the BB hood.

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ajrothm

That carb and intake would work well for that combo....There will be a port mismatch from the intake (rec ports) to the 049 heads (oval) but many have done this with no issues.

The LS6 intake is probably your best bet to fit under a stock BB hood. Use the LT1/L88 repro drop base air cleaner.

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rklessdriver

FYI you will have to use Rectangular Port Intake Gaskets with that intake.

Otherwise as everyone has said, that intake and carb will work great on his combo.
Will

ronarndt

I have a Weiand intake and QFT 750cfm carb on my 454 in a 68 convert with a repro "long" style bb hood. It fits with about 1/2 inch to spare using the drop base for the air cleaner. Weiand has both oval port and square port intakes for the 454.

leigh1322

Ron arndt
Is that with a Weiand stealth and a L88 Hood? or a LT1/BB hood?

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OldCarBum

Edelbrock also make a couple of options that are oval port and may fit under the stock hood using the drop base air cleaner. Their web site will note that these intakes will not fit on the Corvette, however the notation is for use of the stock air filter.

ddawson

Ronarndt is using a long L88 hood.

The square port manifold is a mismatch but I still made good power.

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