351C Intake and carb choices

[Heardatbeat]

Afternoon everyone, I got my hands on a Mach 1 with a 351C a few months ago and it is time to start upgrading some components. I was wondering if anyone was running the Weiand Hi-Ram intake manifold? Any thoughts on it? What sort of carbs did you pair it with? That sort of thing.

P.S. this will be a street car only. No racing besides the occasional blowing Honda's out the road.

EDIT: This is the hood scoop I was talking about adding to my car. My car had ram air but it got stolen when the previous owner had it. I found this image online. I think this one belongs to someone on this forum.

 

[Don C]

That manifold is intended for heavily modified engines that can reach high RPMs (8,000 to 9,000) and primarily for competition drag racing. Plus, you will have to cut a hole in the hood for the carburetor(s).

For a street/strip car with an unmodified or slightly modified engine you'll be better off with a dual plane intake.

 

[Heardatbeat]

Ah I see well none of that then. Any ideas on how to raise the air cleaner above the hood? There is a photo floating around here of a Mach 1 black with an awesome oversized hood scoop and would like to do it to mine as well.

 

[Don C]

You can put any size of hood scoop on that you want, the carburetor doesn't have to be up in it.

 

[Heardatbeat]

But would it not work better for the air cleaner if it is closer to the hood scoop?

 

[Don C]

You can get a shaker hood scoop that connects directly to the carburetor and sticks up through the hood, if you want the full benefit of ram/cooler air. Otherwise, any hood scoop that is open will feed cooler air to an open air cleaner. One problem with an open hood scoop is that they can mess with flow of air through the radiator.

 

[rocket366]

I'm saving up for the 8 Stack :whistling:

 

[Heardatbeat]

Really?! That sucks. How does it mess with it? The look is just so cool. I have the photo of the car in my phone. I will upload it when I can.

 

[Don C]

The radiator depends, in part, on lower air pressure under the hood created by the front valance/splitter. At speed an open hood scoop can increase the air pressure under the hood, reducing the air flow through the radiator. It's not usually a concern for cars that just cruise around town.

 

[Don C]

I'm saving up for the 8 Stack :whistling:

Wouldn't that be nice::thumb::

 

[Heardatbeat]

The radiator depends, in part, on lower air pressure under the hood created by the front valance/splitter. At speed an open hood scoop can increase the air pressure under the hood, reducing the air flow through the radiator. It's not usually a concern for cars that just cruise around town.

I imagine a strong enough electric fan would alleviate that?

 

[Don C]

A 3 row radiator in good condition and a good fan should be OK for normal driving, no high speed long distances.

 

[will e]

Personally I wouldn't add a scoop to a scooped factory hood. I think the added scoops do look good on the 'regular' hoods. Since you have the factory scoops you might consider looking at adding the RAM option. This will direct the air from the factory scoops right into the air cleaner. Do some searching as the use of a factory RAM system requires certain height manifolds and can also restrict the types of aftermarket distributors since the larger ones interfere with the air cleaner.

 

[Heardatbeat]

Personally I wouldn't add a scoop to a scooped factory hood. I think the added scoops do look good on the 'regular' hoods. Since you have the factory scoops you might consider looking at adding the RAM option. This will direct the air from the factory scoops right into the air cleaner. Do some searching as the use of a factory RAM system requires certain height manifolds and can also restrict the types of aftermarket distributors since the larger ones interfere with the air cleaner.

I have thought about adding the ram air into the car but I want to stand out just a bit from adding the usual options to it.

 

[Don C]

A velocity stack air cleaner is another option if you really want to cut a hole in your hood:

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/knn-58-1191/overview/

 

[Heardatbeat]

A velocity stack air cleaner is another option if you really want to cut a hole in your hood:

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/knn-58-1191/overview/

I really do want to cut a hole into my hood for the look. That air cleaner cool. Would 4bbl carbs work better than dual 2bbl carbs?

 

[73pony]

If you really wanted to look cool through the hole in your hood and drop some serious coin this would be awesome.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hilborn-EFI-351-Ford-Cleveland-351-2V-3V-4V-Complete-Ready-to-install-/252706973574?hash=item3ad6826786:g:wkEAAOSwcLxYJP37&vxp=mtr

 

[Heardatbeat]

If you really wanted to look cool through the hole in your hood and drop some serious coin this would be awesome.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hilborn-EFI-351-Ford-Cleveland-351-2V-3V-4V-Complete-Ready-to-install-/252706973574?hash=item3ad6826786:g:wkEAAOSwcLxYJP37&vxp=mtr

I know there is a lot of benefits for going EFI. But I really like the carbureted option and look.

 

[basstrix]

If you were to raise the air cleaner above the hood, you could construct an air dam to seal off the area between the hole in the hood and the air cleaner. That would eliminate the issue of interfering with air flow through the radiator. One thing to consider is rain or washing your car....open hood scoops allow your air filter and engine to be exposed to these element and is generally not desirable. Most of us probably don't drive in the rain, so I's likely a moot point.

Another thought is to use the ram air setup to seal off the unwanted air flow and go ahead and put your big scoop on.