mustang70 said:I emailed Grice, the guy that has the fordramair website, and he said, "A Victor Jr. and a shaker will never live on the same Mustang. I didn't realize how much taller the Victor Jr. is. I really wanted that shaker too. I was thinking of trying a Torker set up, but I've heard they're not much better then a dual plane set up. I guess there's always the Boss 9 scoop.
mustang70 said:I don't have the manifold yet. Maybe someone with one can get some measurements. I was thinking of cutting the base so that the part that rests on the carb can be raised. This would lower the rest of the assembly, I would just have to see what kind of interference I would have with everything else. Throttle linkage, distributor, etc.
NO but send an email to my house acrad@adelphia.net and I'll check it out tonight and take some pix. I never measured to see how much hood clearance I have, but I know it doesn't touch. I can measure it tonight.mustang70 said:I have a 351 Windsor. Do you have any pics of your set up?
mustang70 said:I have a 351 Windsor. Do you have any pics of your set up?
Hack said:No one has mentioned lowering the engine. Is it so difficult that it shouldn't even be considered?
mustang70 said:Lowered engine=lowered tranny=lowered headers...none of which I want to deal with. It's easier to modify the bottom of an air cleaner then move an engine and tranny. At least in my opinion.
dmoody said:I have a shaker at home and there is no way you could take 2.5" of height out of my base. That would put the air cleaner lid projecting out of the hood. On shaker setups there is adjustment built in for left to right and front to back movement along the horizontal plane but nothing for vertical movement. To compensate for a taller intake you would have to cut the base and bring the air cleaner lid closer to the shaker. Using this method (which would be difficult) I don't see that you could possibly get more than an inch. I'd much rather simply change my intake manifold. Anyway I hope that helps.
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ratio411 said:You are not giving the Torker intake enough credit.
Take it from experience, the Torkers are much more than just a Performer RPM wannabe.
The 351w version is only about an inch taller than stock manifold, if that.
Torker keeps bottom end as compared to Victor, but blows RPM away after 3k rpm or so.
IMO, Victor will only improve on the Torker slightly, after 4k rpm, then blow Torker away after 6-7k. Are you really needing that much rpm?
Dave
The Air Gap for the W is VERY tall if memory serves.SadbutTrue said:i would try to use an Air Gap RPM or Torker. The Air Gap uses some technology from the Victor, so it might be perfect. The Torker does too, so it'd be between them. i wouldn't sacrifice the shaker if its at all possible.
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