Intake Manifold---Single Plane

[FirstEliminator]

I completely disagree.
He can put any FE intake on the 482 and it will run up 5500 and idle at 600 rpm.
Now why he wants it to that, well...
A good well built 390 will do that all day, get decent mileage and cost less.

What I do agree with is that at the min the RPM is the way to go for cheap HP.
This sounds more like a parade engine than a HP FE, and hey nothing wrong with that.

   No matter what you do to the 390, doing the same thing to the 482 is going to be 90-100 more ft lbs all the way through the rev range. The car already has a 390, which is incorrect. It was originally a 428 car. I will keep the numbers 4-2-8, but revise an emblem to have 482. I want more pep, but don't want to give up smooth idle. Easiest path is more cubes. Kinda a Parade engine. But, it'd be a long Parade. More of an RV engine. Drove the wagon from Mass to Michigan twice this year and it usually goes to Carlisle along with getting driven daily when it's salt free on the ground. It's going to be mild. I just want to push it to the very edge of mild.

[FirstEliminator]

  Thanks for the all the replies. There is an RPM on the way. If there is conflict with the overall height of the engine, it appears the RPM is about 1 to 1.5 inches taller. There should be enough give here and there to accommodate that difference.


   thanks,
    Mark