WTB 3x2 Tunnel Wedge

[reednatron]

Long shot, but does anyone have a 3x2 Tunnel Wedge for sale?

These were available from Carl's Ford Parts at one point, but no longer listed.

[jayb]

Those intakes were basically a Dove open top tunnel wedge intake, with a flat plate to mount the carbs.  If you could find one with the 2X4 plate, you could just fabricate a 3X2 plate and bolt it on.

[Joe-JDC]

I didn't want to say anything negative about that manifold, but on dyno testing, it did not equal a Performer RPM for power or torque.  It look great, but for looks only.  Joe-JDC

[reednatron]

I didn't want to say anything negative about that manifold, but on dyno testing, it did not equal a Performer RPM for power or torque.  It look great, but for looks only.  Joe-JDC

Good information, Thanks

I thought that it may be a better intake for a higher effort 406 build for my G code Galaxie, but maybe not.

Looking to make more than 500hp, but the restriction looks to be the 3x2 manifold.

[ToddK]

You can make 500+hp with a 406 6V set up, with a bit of work. Here’s a link to the engine I built for my 63 Galaxie. It made just over 540hp, while looking stock.

http://fepower.net/simplemachinesforum/index.php?topic=1498.0

[reednatron]

You can make 500+hp with a 406 6V set up, with a bit of work. Here’s a link to the engine I built for my 63 Galaxie. It made just over 540hp, while looking stock.

http://fepower.net/simplemachinesforum/index.php?topic=1498.0

Thanks for that link. Awesome build.

Any idea what the heads flowed after porting to make that power?

[mbrunson427]

I have had my eye out for a few years for one of those. Only 1 has appeared since my hunt has started and it went to Drew P at Air Fuel Spark.

I have looked at various ways of making a 3x2 setup happen with other intakes. I tried to modify an Edelbrock 2x4 air gap intake but a bunch of welding would have been required, it looks promising at first glance.

Carl had one remaining on his shelf about 5 years ago when I called, it had been powder coated black so I passed on it. Really regret that.

[ToddK]

Any idea what the heads flowed after porting to make that power?

I don’t have any records of what the heads flowed. They were standard cast port Survival heads, but they were hand ported by Joe D. Craine. At a guess, around the 330cfm mark at 0.650”.

[reednatron]

Any idea what the heads flowed after porting to make that power?

I don’t have any records of what the heads flowed. They were standard cast port Survival heads, but they were hand ported by Joe D. Craine. At a guess, around the 330cfm mark at 0.650”.

Thanks!

Debating on whether or not i should "waste" a set of TFS heads on the engine.

[shady]

I am in the same boat. 445 with BBM heads. With the current unavailability of intakes, it was either this or an Offy I had on the shelf. You can always change it down the road, but ain't she cool.

[Dumpling]

I didn't want to say anything negative about that manifold, but on dyno testing, it did not equal a Performer RPM for power or torque.  It look great, but for looks only.  Joe-JDC

Could that be due to the underlying Dove casting of a tunnel wedge? I believe the internal spaces/runners of Dove's version were larger. For large displacements.  Too big perhaps for sub-410 cubic inches? Leading to sluggish airflow?

[Fordman]

There is a 3x2 tunnelwedge Intake manifold on Ebay right now for 5k. Fyi

[reednatron]

There is a 3x2 tunnelwedge Intake manifold on Ebay right now for 5k. Fyi

Saw that. Thanks.

Don't want it quite that bad lol.