New Intake Project

So the new plan is to get a used intake like an Edelbrock Torker II, it's a single plane design for use inthe 2500 to 6500 rpm range. Edelbrock's victor series would be even better, they have much straighter intake runners, but they are much taller, and hood clearance might be a problem. 

 Then adapt the first throttle body I bored, modified and polished and bolt it in place of the carburetor.

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Then drill the intake for fuel injection. Another reason I chose the torker II intake was ease of access to the intake ports, a dual plane intake has runners that come in from two different heights and that complicates the injector install. As you can see in the last picture. Not that it couldn't be done, but the Torker II will just be easier. Going with fuel injection over carburation allows me to use less complicated intake designs. Dual plane intakes are designed to assist in the flow of air and fuel, I'm only worried about the flow of the air.

Name Change

Yes I changed the name of this blog. Due mostly to the fact that I can't decide which direction to go with the project. I now have a 350 four bolt main block in addition to all the other stuff I have been collecting. The 350 as it turns out makes the project cheaper. Pistons are available from Summit Racing for a ton less than the pistons I would need for any of the other projects. I can also run a stock sized rod to save even more. I'm figuring I can get the rotating assembly together for just under $400. This setup will give me 9:1 to 9.2:1 compression, great for street use, and still safe to do a mild turbo setup. (not that I will but I could)

I used this Compression Calculator and the data:

4.03 bore

3.48 stroke

4.2 gasket bore

0.04 gasket thickness

70cc combustion chamber volume

-6cc piston relief

0.025 deck clearance

Of course thinner gaskets are available, as are thicker ones, I just used the most common thickness. I could use a 0.015 and bump the compression to over 9.5:1 or I could use a 0.06" thick gasket and lower the compression to 8.66:1. That's even better for a turbo. But from my years of reading about V8 Fieros, a turbo really isn't needed. I've been told that the current trans will barely be able to live behind the V8, let alone one with a turbo. The Camquest program says with the combo I'm looking at and a N+L79 cam (updated version of the old Corvette L79 cam) I'll have around 355hp. One HP per CID works for me. Yes I could use a bigger cam and push 375hp, but the N+L79 is supposed to have a decent idle, and let's face facts, I'm getting old and want a car that idles as smooth as possible. By the way, the 9.5:1 compression bumps the HP to 365.