Cross ram air bells help

[savoy]

Interesting. The ones he sold me were originals from his stash of old mopar stuff. Kramer also gets his from crossram.

 

[mayhem]

Interesting. The ones he sold me were originals from his stash of old mopar stuff. Kramer also gets his from crossram.

Funny, he said he "might be able to scrounge a set of originals" that needed rescreened. In talking to him, he says he sold the tooling for the '64-'65 Max Wedge/Hemi crossram oval air cleaner to A&A Trans - said it was too labor intense and too detailed to keep trying to produce them. I also learned the rubber seals I referred to were optional - he said everyone was doing their own thing with seals or not seals, etc. He suggested the aluminum crossram plate that attaches to the underside of the hood. I was under the impression two holes, slightly larger than the inner sloped part of the stacks/bells was the way to go but he said a lot of guys simply cut a large hole under the Hemi scoop. I'm amazed at what I'm learning.

 

[savoy]

And some racers just let the scoops protrude into the scoop space and called it good. Go figure.

 

[604B1duster]

I'm looking at these gaskets: https://www.ebay.com/itm/375247129659 Can anyone tell me if these are authentic?

Wow ! nice find on the seals.
I saved it in my watch list.

 

[Oldschool]

What intake are you using?

Ray Barton Crossram. Not sure if that intake is taller than other crossrams or not.

 

[mayhem]

Ray Barton Crossram. Not sure if that intake is taller than other crossrams or not.

Ok, thanks. I'm using a Mopar Performance piece. It would be interesting to know if the two are different heights as Ray Barton stuff is geared more toward performance. Does the Barton intake have a raised carb base? If it were a titch higher than the MP parts, that might account for the interference.

 

[savoy]

The Mopar manifold I believe is higher than the original crossram.

 

[mayhem]

The Mopar manifold I believe is higher than the original crossram.

Maybe a dumb question, but do you know by how much or where I might find out?

 

[savoy]

Not a dumb question. If memory serves me, about an inch difference. I had the Mopar reproduction on my 572 hemi in a 64 Savoy and it barely fit under the scoop found on those super stock cars.

 

[LO23M8B]

I bought a pair from Mancini about a year ago. Sadly, I am not able to run them on my 1969 Barracuda because they are a tad too tall and they are both touching the inside of the hood scoop. I would run them if I could come up with a way to get the needed clearance.

Mine had spacers under the K frame mounting. They did that for the hood clearance. I still have some if you need the specs.

 

[mayhem]

Mine had spacers under the K frame mounting. They did that for the hood clearance. I still have some if you need the specs.

I just spoke to Brian at Crossram Connection today about that very thing and he said the spacers were 2"x2" and 1/4" thick. Would be nice to corroborate that, you know, trust but verify. Yes, please, what 'cha got?

 

[Oldschool]

That would be great. Thank you.

 

[604B1duster]

K frame lowering blocks

 

[LO23M8B]

I'll get in the basement later and see if I can find them and take a measurement.

 

[604B1duster]

I have a repro hemi k from
Al Debevic
It came with mounts and spacers.
It’s packed away, but I could dig it out and measure spacers if needed.