... Offenhauser Cross Ram Mock-up .....
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Le Mans Master
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..... Engine dyno , so there's no factoring going on in making comparisons ... I have six manifolds , but want to test three maybe four ... the break-in and baseline will be done with a carburetor for the dyno operators peace of mind and mine too ! ... I have a Holley EFI , Motown EFI , Accel Pro-ram EFI , Holley 300-25 converted to EFI , the Smokey Ram converted , and the Offenhauser Cross Ram converted ... I hope to try my TPI Plenum conversion as well as a 4bbl throttle body on at least a couple of them ..... I'm betting on the Offy , but the dyno will tell ........
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Le Mans Master
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..... I have to give all the credit to Ron Balmer @ Ron's welding in Pinellas Park , FL ... I dream crap up and he makes it happen ... I can't wait to get this on the dyno , but there's a LOT that has to be done before that will happen ... and not just to the intake ... 
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Le Mans Master
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Le Mans Master
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..... Just got the base back from the machine shop ... had to have them re-square the intake to head flanges since the welding pulled them out of whack ... It and the lid will go back to get the lid flange squared after I do some clean-up on the ports and gasket match the flanges to the cylinder heads ... this project will be seeing some speed bumps as I recently had emergency surgery to remove a cancerous mass from my colon and will be starting Chemo as soon as I fully recover from the gut-cutting .....
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Le Mans Master
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..... Buck-Bwaaak ! ..... You Win ! looks like you already got yours fired up ... my engine is still scattered around the shop begging to get assembled ... I just laid the crank into the block ... measuring bearings and journals to the ten-thousandths is not as easy as one might think ... requires a "learned" touch ..........
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Hang in there Man and keep fighting. Wish ya the best and I'll be rooting for ya. You got work to finish You'll be O.K. Take your pain meds and if you can smoke some weed. It really helps. You'll start eating and feeling better sooner.
Guys like you start more than you know. Just look at the newer Mustang. A guy in Cal started that. He took a 68 car. Cut it in half and mated the rear of a 68 car to a newer stang. Ford then caught wind of his finished car and bought the rights to it for big bucks. Then put it into production.
You never know GM or one of the Aftermarket guys might want to buy out one of ur Manifold Designs. I think your on a great path
Guys like you start more than you know. Just look at the newer Mustang. A guy in Cal started that. He took a 68 car. Cut it in half and mated the rear of a 68 car to a newer stang. Ford then caught wind of his finished car and bought the rights to it for big bucks. Then put it into production.
You never know GM or one of the Aftermarket guys might want to buy out one of ur Manifold Designs. I think your on a great path
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Wow that is a lot of thought and work keep us posted please.
Always wanted a smokey ram and 300-25...
Enjoy seeing stuff thats outside the box so to speak. You gotta get better so you can run it!!
Go nutso with Vitamin C..in high doses cancer cant survive it.
In the 40s they used to treat it with an IV...100-150mg doses, killed the cancer and it didnt come back cause the carcinogens dont throw everything else from chemo outta wack. On watch myself, Ill be going to Mexico if I can get the treatment no Dr on the planet will do it.
Best of luck!
Always wanted a smokey ram and 300-25...
Enjoy seeing stuff thats outside the box so to speak. You gotta get better so you can run it!!
Go nutso with Vitamin C..in high doses cancer cant survive it.
In the 40s they used to treat it with an IV...100-150mg doses, killed the cancer and it didnt come back cause the carcinogens dont throw everything else from chemo outta wack. On watch myself, Ill be going to Mexico if I can get the treatment no Dr on the planet will do it.
Best of luck!
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..... Buck-Bwaaak ! ..... You Win ! looks you already got yours fired up ... my engine is still scattered around the shop begging to get assembled ... I just laid the crank into the block ... measuring bearings and journals to the ten-thousandths is not as easy as one might think ... requires a "learned" touch ..........
hope you get better soon