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SBC Vintage Intake Ridge Runner Ram

Discussion in 'Off Topic Hot Rods & Customs' started by rondobandy, Nov 24, 2008.

  1. rondobandy
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    Does anyone know the history of this Intake?
     

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  2. rondobandy
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    Pictures added
     
  3. I have a old magazine from 1964 with an ad for that thing. It makes some pretty outrageous claims. I have heard that intake has serious fuel puddling issues and a huge internal volume. Its a very poor design.
     
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  4. rondobandy
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    What Magazine? Would love to read about it.
     
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  5. jonny o
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    Would be a fun project to smooth out some of the flow with some epoxy... get rid of some of the dead space.

    As long as it's not a huge dollar collectors item.
     
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  6. beatnik
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  7. panic
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    By Ralph Ridgeway (also developed the SBC stud girdle), earliest non-fabricated tunnel ram (although they were used in the 1950s) that I've heard of, primitive compared to more modern designs, plenum volume too big for a street engine.
     
  8. Hot Rodz R Us
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    Same thing I have heard, hang it on the wall....someone will see it one day and you can make them very happy..
     
  9. rondobandy
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    I am going to try it out on a "T" that I have just for fun! I also have an old Nicson 2-2bl intake that I am currently running.
     
  10. Paul
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    good luck with that,
    i think those are a wide open throttle only manifold

    similar to this Edelbrock I had to try on a 454
    only took a few minutes running to realize it would never work on the street

    as said already the plenum and runners are far too big to get it to behave nicely

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  11. Hot Rodz R Us
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    Its a HIGH RPM manifold for sure, will do you NO good on the streets, will just keep your plugs foulded out, etc., etc.......
     
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  12. rondobandy
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    My thought was to run two Holley 450's and block the secondaries from coming on....any thoughts on that?
     
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  13. Hot Rodz R Us
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    Sent you a PM with info....
     
  14. orange crush
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    I ran a ridgerunner ram with a single four barrel top plate and a 600cfm carb on my 55chevy for a couple of years. it had very poor throttle response and made no power until 3500 rpm, but it never fouled plugs , that could be because it was only a four barrel. I still have it and my try it on my 57 chevy.
     
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  15. rondobandy
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    Thanks for the information.....now I just need to decide to hang it on the wall or give it a try!?:confused:
     
  16. my1971buick
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    Do you have an image of the ad? We just picked up a Big Block Ridge Runner Ram so now we have a SBC and a BBC and would love to have an ad.
     
  17. elgringo71
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    I can’t help much but I will share what I can.

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  18. RodStRace
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    Boom, a thread from 08 suddenly appears!
     
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  19. Andy
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    My converted FI unit. I found a single AFB worked fine. I had raised the floor and shortened the runners. I used it on the street on my Nova. I still have it!
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  20. wheelguy
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    I have two of these RidgeRunner intakes. The polished single top I ran on a street rod Anglia back around 1988. Sold the car and kept the intake on the shelf until last year when I bought a 37 Chev coupe (street rod) and finally using it again after 36 years. The second one I've had pretty many years and never ran, it has both a single and dual top. Maybe not 100% efficient intakes but something different looking from the every day common look. They are a little cold natured in cool/cold weather but mine starts right up and idles/runs fine. They don't have a big open plenum like the picture suggest, the plenum from carb mount to inside where the runners start is about 3 inches and that area is flat so the gas doesn't puddle like the Edelbrock bread box style did. 100_4363.JPG 100_4361.JPG 100_4362.JPG
     
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  21. Tickety Boo
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    The V bottom plenum floor into straight runners sure reminds me of the newer Victor Ram 2-piece design.

    I've had good results cleaning up all the casting flash and using an air driven needle scale gun to texture the aluminum Victor Ram plenum floor, simulating a golf ball like surface seems to reduce large puddling of the unsuspended fuel by absorbing it and spreading it out in the rougher surface area; easier to be whisked up when the rpm goes back up.
    Thats my theory and I'm sticking to it, my 60-foot times improved considerably. :p
    Might be worth a try on a Ridgeway
     
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  22. Tickety Boo
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    Bolting the Ridgeway on a bigger cubic inch small block may also help, most times they were bolted on 265/283 and 327s. A 400+ cubic inch engine will be moving lots more air
     
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  23. DDDenny
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    Say, on an all aluminum 427 Rodeck, would look cool if nothing else.
    People said this McFarland Tork Link wouldn't work either.

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  24. 1biggun
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    I have a 2x4 Ridgerunner manifold .
    Its sitting on. 413" SBC 12-1 with big RHS heads.

    Would love to find matching valve covers for it.
     
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