home made long ram

[Tristan Moore <chrysler_cordoba@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks Rob, I'll check out the EFI stuff

-Tristan



On Monday, January 21, 2002, at 07:14 PM, Rob P wrote:

>>
>> I too am thinking of making a set of cross rams for a 67 
>> Imperial with a 440 in it, my plan is to make them out of 
>> several pieces of exhaust pipe, I know someone who made them 
>> successfully in the past. I plan to use two AFBs, or 
>> Thermoquads. God only knows if it will work well, but I think 
>> it should be fun anyway :)
> If you are going to go through all of that you might want to 
> consider EFI.  I believe the main problem with long intake 
> runners is fuel distribution. I'm not an engineer, but I think 
> the longer runners are actually good for tourque, but if I 
> remember correctly, the fuel can't atomize going through such a 
> long path.
> By adding injectors at the ports, you avoid that problem and 
> get even fuel distribution.  Gm port FI motors have long 
> runners, but they are curved, the ones on the right feed the 
> left side of the engine and vice versa.  Check our RANCEFI.COM. 
> They have some cool set-ups.  Too bad it costs so much.
> Rob