Spent a better part of the day replacing the intake manifold. Ran into no real problems, except getting the distributor back in. Twice. The first time it dropped in I was woohooing it up before I noticed I forgot to lift the cap's clip, so had to pull it back out! :smash:

The only other issue was no room for the vacuum fitting under the Holley DP (even though it's a very short fitting). The old manifold (Torker II) had more clearance, plus I was using a 1/2" phenolic spacer. Can't use the spacer with the EPS though, since there's not enough hood clearance. Had to T into the carbs manifold vacuum.

No idea if everything's ok at this point since I'm waiting a couple days for the RTV to cure.

Here's the list of stuff I used.

ARP stainless manifold bolts (at 25 ft.lbs)
Fel-Pro 1204 gaskets (blocked exhaust crossover)
RTV for china walls and around water passages
Permatex #2 for bolts
Permatex High-Tack for gaskets

Start of the cleanup...


Just about done...






[Modified by Chris69, 11:36 PM 11/30/2003]

 

Yummy. Looks good. Keep it clean! Mine looks like hell from neglect.

Mine isn't an EPS, just a #3701 Performer EGR. Once upon a time, it looked great.

-Steve

 

thats a good looking set up....what manifold is that exactly? Hows that motor run with that big carb and stock exhaust manifolds and are you going to use the L88 air cleaner.....just wondering because i'm leaving the stock small block in my 69 and want to put a new intake and carb along with a new cam, and i like the way you got yours..especially with the stock exhaust manifolds.

 

It's the Performer EPS, which is similar to the Performer except it's for square bore carbs only. They also claim it's an all new and better runner design, more power, etc., etc., hype, hype. It's about 1/4" taller than the 2101 Performer.

The "big" carb is a Holley 650 DP, which replaced a 750. It runs pretty well... If I had it to do over again, I'd go with a vacuum secondary. The DP's are gas hogs and really not necessary (IMO) for street use. I tried the DP because, well hell, because I never had one before. How's 'bout that for research. :lol: I'm using a drop base 14x3" air cleaner and have just under 1/2" hood clearance.

Today was test day for the new intake. Drove it for about 30 minutes then re-torqued. Big seat of the pants gain over the Torker II? Not really. Off idle was a certain improvement, and low speed punches were very responsive. Top end differences? No idea. I only picked up 1.5" of manifold vacuum, running 16.5" now. Actually, 15" at idle was pretty good anyway. The carb only required small mixture tweaks, but do plan to start the carb tuning routine again. Everything's going back to stock and starting over.

Overall first impressions
1) I got the distributor back in the right slot. Yes!
2) The car started without much ado.
3) Runs great
4) Shiny new parts!

 

:cheers: Looking good Chris! Nice combo to have fun and experiment with.