I have a 1972 Ford Mustang with a 351-C, 4-V, 4-speed manual, Hurst
shifter, 3.73 rear end, and an Autolite 4300D 4bbl carb. I'm going to
replace the intake manifold and the carb. The car will be mostly
street driven, but I want some more low end torque power. It will mate
with a new 750 cfm carb. Any recommendations on what intake manifold
to use?
Grover C. McCoury III - 25 Mar 2005 15:15 GMT
> I have a 1972 Ford Mustang with a 351-C, 4-V, 4-speed manual, Hurst
> shifter, 3.73 rear end, and an Autolite 4300D 4bbl carb. I'm going to
> replace the intake manifold and the carb. The car will be mostly
> street driven, but I want some more low end torque power. It will mate
> with a new 750 cfm carb. Any recommendations on what intake manifold
> to use?
I would suggest using a dual plane intake manifold for the street. I
was using the single plane Edelbrock Torker 351 and I found it was not
very friendly for daily driving. I have since swapped the Torker for the
dual plane Edlebrock Performer and am pleased with the performance on
the street.
Yet another $.02 worth from a proud owner of a 1970 Mach 1 351C @
http://community.webshots.com/album/18644819fHAehGJAjt
mindy5734@yahoo.com - 26 Mar 2005 01:04 GMT
>I have a 1972 Ford Mustang with a 351-C, 4-V, 4-speed manual, Hurst
>shifter, 3.73 rear end, and an Autolite 4300D 4bbl carb. I'm going to
>replace the intake manifold and the carb. The car will be mostly
>street driven, but I want some more low end torque power. It will mate
>with a new 750 cfm carb. Any recommendations on what intake manifold
>to use?
i like the eidlebrock
hurc ast
Jim Warman - 26 Mar 2005 09:35 GMT
Edelbrock what? Single plane, dual plane, airgap???
Someone asks what flavour you like and you answer "KoolAid".....
BTW... I beat my wife today..... yep, I was out of bed at least an hour
before she was... I guess that means I beat her real bad. But, after that,
she beat me mercilessly.... yep, the last can of Pepsi... and she gloated
over the fact...
Manifold selection goes a long way beyond brand loyalties or whether you
like the look of their logo. Intakes, carbs, headers and so on are only part
of the package.... we need to decide what we expect and design for that
result.
> >I have a 1972 Ford Mustang with a 351-C, 4-V, 4-speed manual, Hurst
> >shifter, 3.73 rear end, and an Autolite 4300D 4bbl carb. I'm going to
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> hurc ast
351CJ - 26 Mar 2005 03:00 GMT
> I have a 1972 Ford Mustang with a 351-C, 4-V, 4-speed manual, Hurst
> shifter, 3.73 rear end, and an Autolite 4300D 4bbl carb. I'm going to
> replace the intake manifold and the carb. The car will be mostly
> street driven, but I want some more low end torque power. It will mate
> with a new 750 cfm carb. Any recommendations on what intake manifold
> to use?
Why are you replacing that intake?
My completely gone through (fairly radical cam, don't have the cam specs
on hand) '71 351CJ Cleveland still runs a factory (well mine is one of
the ultra rare aluminum versions, same runner design though) dual plane
intake manifold, with a Holly 850 double pumper. I also swapped the open
chamber 4-V CJ heads out for a set of closed chamber (quench) heads
If you do some research I think you will find that the factory Cleveland
4-V cast iron dual plane intake manifold will offer such comparable
performance to any of the available after market dual plane intake
manifolds from stock to fairly radical camshafts with stock 4-V head
setups as to make replacing it a near ZERO gain proposition.
I would suggest you apply that intake manifold money toward a new
electronic ignition. The noticeable benefit will be huge.
Good Luck
351CJ - 26 Mar 2005 06:51 GMT
Correction I have a a Holly 800 double pumper on this 351 Cleveland...
>> I have a 1972 Ford Mustang with a 351-C, 4-V, 4-speed manual, Hurst
>> shifter, 3.73 rear end, and an Autolite 4300D 4bbl carb. I'm going to
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> Good Luck