I would say the "current technology" tunnel ram, would make the most sense. For the same reason Jay & Paulie mentioned, that nothing "current" exists... and for that matter, nothing ever has for the high riser. The DOVE and Wieand are old tech and were designed 30+years ago, runner cross section and taper are wrong, plenum entries and the plenum itself same deal.
This sort of goes against my plan as I want a bad ass single plane Dominator to put on top of a high riser adapter that Jay is working on for me now
I have been racing with a suingle Dominator on a Victor with BT MR heads for several years, and on Edelbrocks for near a decade before that. I have purchased several uppers to modify buy they are all in need of some serious work to get the runners in the correct location. I won't put a SBF intake on unless it is cut up and modified and that is a big expense for tig welding aluminum. The port offset at #1 and #8 are just too great for me. I have a line on an intake that I think might work out much better, as far as port location and line of sight, but it is a proto type at this point and not yet available. I don't have the adapter in hand yet either, which makes it tough to mock up together and see if it will work better
I am thinking it will still take modification as well as to the adapter, to make them (single Dominator and cast tunnel ram both to be available), to actually physically bolt on and line up (with porting and milling, hopefully no welding). Time will tell!
I think the best of both worlds would be to have a single Dominator and a tunnel ram, to change back and forth at will. That is the beauty of Jay's adapter. This would be a great experiment at the track on the same day, as the time required would be minimal if you had the fuel lines and linkage set-up to swap easily. The dyno is one thing, but the numbers on the boards at the end of the track tell it all. I know some combos will do just as well and even sometimes quicker with a big single 4 versus a tunnel ram and 2x4, although typically the 2x4 will have a higher MPH and certainly depending on "tons" of variables, be quicker as well. The dyno will almost always show more HP with the 2x4 but 60 ft and front half slower.
Another thing worth mentioning is that I feel the adapter makes the most sense with high riser heads (versus MR as there is a ton of choices out there already), since there are only a few intakes available and nothing really good. The DOVE stuff is not the best design and not available most of the time, and for BT heads, the OEM stuff won't work and it is from the 60's for tech as well. The reason the MR adapters sold so well is because they are cool
and because of the ease to change a dry upper intake, and the choices and cost effectiveness of all the 351C and other canted valve SBF intakes out there, the sky is the limit.
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