Should I replace the stock 360 intake?

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lemondana said:
Originally, when the Little Red Expresses were being advertised, they were slated to come out with the W2 heads.
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Totally incorrect.
(And it’s freakin amazing how this myth still continues on today despite recorded, printed reports stating that this is untrue by the people that forbidden the W2 test on the engine and those that did the testing and got in trouble by it.)
Jeeeeeezzzz H crist!!!!!

I remember reading some info on that sometime ago. I don't remember if it was cost, emissions, or why it never made it to the table. Anyone on here have the real story?
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As mentioned above, the engineers were told not to test the W2 heads on the internet ngine because they were to be slated only for the race track program and not to be homologated. They did worry about passing emissions but did t really care of it did or did not since it was never slated to be on any OEM vehicle.

The engineers grabbed a set and tested them on the engine slated for the little red express as just to see what would happen.
(Wouldn’t you try it with a dyno at the ready since it’s your job to dyno stuff? I sure would! Free dyno time on the companies dime! Oh hell yea!)
Then word got out and an absolute and resounding “NO” happened.
(It passed the emissions test)
So that said to me there was possible wiggle room for the head in the future as a possible release to the public on a OEM engine and car package.
 
I thought, when I saw the first advertisements, that they contained the W2 information. It has been over 40 years, but I usually remember important stuff like that.
 
lemondana said:
Originally, when the Little Red Expresses were being advertised, they were slated to come out with the W2 heads. I remember reading some info on that sometime ago. I don't remember if it was cost, emissions, or why it never made it to the table. Anyone on here have the real story?
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The story goes that 2 W2 engines left Detroit in vehicles one went to Ron Hall? and the engine got pulled and put in an A body? The other was running around Michigan for awhile.
There were 2 440 Little Reds built that went to Canada and there were Little Reds built in 1980 and sent to Canada also.
 
RustyRatRod said:
That's impressive. What are the torque numbers? That's what I wanna know.
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Here are the numbers:
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Stephan D said:
No need for any smog devices on vintage cars here, I have plugged the EGR.

Any other differences between my 79 intake and the 71 non-EGR intake?
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Performance wise, only the dyno would tell.
The runners look to be the same, not sure on the size of the ports, because I don't have them in front of me. In my opinion, anything with the smog era crap cannot run better than pre-smog parts. Anything after 74 I try to avoid. Below the carb area is what I'm looking at, seems restrictive for flow. Plus there is no plugging of egr ports etc. It would be interesting to get the 2 intakes on the dyno and see if there is any difference in performance.

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The floor jets can be plugged. Best with female Allen heads run flush. The EGR valve still has to be there (unplugged/no hose) or a plate made. The gasket under it is a super high temp for those that don’t know.
 
Jadaharabi said:
The story goes that 2 W2 engines left Detroit in vehicles one went to Ron Hall? and the engine got pulled and put in an A body? The other was running around Michigan for awhile.
There were 2 440 Little Reds built that went to Canada and there were Little Reds built in 1980 and sent to Canada also.
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i thought the 440 version was a warlock
 
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