Tunnel ram or no tunnel ram...
- Thread starter Miszny
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I'm going to do a bigger version of that scoop you have
Love that old scoop.
How about a few more shots!!!????
How about a few more shots!!!????
I was worried that it will look out of proportion with bigger one. I will try that glass hood with tall stacks. Don’t know what hood to buy and doing some research. Shipping to Europe will be crazy but what can I do…
Take a look at the 71 pro stock cars, it's huge and looks bad ***
Yes this one seemed big also but I see your point.
mygasser
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i agree with the stacks through the hood. doesn't need to a 'glass hood though with the shipping costs incurred. the steel hood got the cut on my 68 valiant.
neil.
neil.
6PKRTSE
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6PKRTSE
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Oldiron440
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I always get a kick out of these should I shouldn’t I posts, hell you’re not talking about screwing your wife’s sister. It’s just parts and you’re not dead yet. That’s a nice looking tunnel ram that needs a pair of TQs on it! lol
Coronet with that 605 ran 8.00 1/4 with full interior. Now plan is to make it more of a street strip situation without loosing the balls on it. I am tempted to do some more work on that intake, but first need to get the carbs and see where I am.
The one I posted earlier is wedge type, but this is exactly what is on the 605.
Thing is that for people in Europe this hobby is way more expensive due to shipping and taxes. Spending few thousand $ for stuff that doesn’t really do much and is practically impossible to sell on local market needs to be justified at least for people on budget like me.
Also threads like this help others, I have to admit that I wanted this a lot from the very beginning but also got a great insight from more experienced and avoided mistakes or stupid expenses along the way.
famous bob
mopar misfit
what gearing in the rear end ??
Oldiron440
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Everything we do with our cars is expensive now days, we have $1,000 carburetors, intake manifolds, headers etc… If you need to justify the cost of building your car it can’t happen. If you justify it by building it the way you want you will be much more successful and satisfied with your results. Me personally I have found that if I compromise I’m never happy with it…
This was a lot of work, but the work paid off as this standard port tunnel ram only fell off from peak 5800 to 6800, 60 HP.
Prh told me he tested this same manifold untouched and it was over 120 HP.
It's ugly on the outside but inside it's beautiful.
I love burr finish, my 1st burr finish too.
6PKRTSE
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Nice, mine is street/strip also. I drive it all over. Neighbors don't like it that much though.
My neighbors know that I don’t really care if they like my cars or not.
I don’t compromise much, I can’t afford stuff that fails. That said imagine for a second how would you feel paying 50% more than you see on summit website just because you are far away for every single thing.
I also have billet carbs, very nicely ported heads, and everything best I can afford. This hobby is a money pit but it doesn’t justify wasting money on stupid moves that bring zero results. I try to research before I make a move that’s all.
Send it over, I will make it look nice on the outside if you want ;-)
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