They sure are pretty in my estimation but very pricey. Do they perform above and beyond the cast aluminum intakes? This one will be auctioned off tomorrow at the Cruisin for Life Show in Santa Maria, Ca.
Fancy welding still cant make ugly beautifull. Hogan made (make) flathead V8 and V8 60 manifolds and twin plug heads in NZ which are beautifull.
Man I'm glad somebody stepped up and said it. That thing is bride of frankenstein ugly and has no business on a traditional car. I guess it'll probably make a ton of power on the right motor though.
Uh...I'm guessing that you guys aren't familiar with his work. Yes, it will out perform a cast intake when correctly used with the right combination/engine; and no, it's not from the correct time period for this forum. Ugly? It's not intended to be pretty; just completely, utterly, functional. By some peoples' definitions, functional = work of art...
Its an open plenium or single plane type manifold for a race application. Bolt that on a street engine and it would work about as well as a chocolate radiator ! .
I have had several of the Hogan Intakes and there for additional Horsepower and not appearance. The sheetmetal tunnel rams are a piece of art and increase HP well above the cast aluminum units.
The flathead inlet manifolds are a common plenum style , not the best design for street driving but ok in a boat or flat out racer engine
It's interesting that so many evaluate an engine part on appearance. A traditional saying was"If it don't go, chrome it". Still appropriate
That intake is beautiful!!! Yes these intake work great when mated to a set of heads that can flow 300+ cfm. On the street this intake is going to not do much at low rpms, but look nice. Put it on your 305 and tell people you have a 434" sbc
I've used hogan because we had to - most of the more exotic heads for drag race do not have cast manifolds avaiable. You have to have an intake made, Hogan is one of the first to make them and they are one of the best- they are more beautiful inside than outside.
Hmmmm...sitting here thinking at first the builder would have more control over runner dimensions and inside runner surface..no, I don't see why a well made casting wouldn't have the same control. Especially if the casting was hone-extruded. So now I'm trying to understand why this sheetmetal intake is better [performance wise] than a well made casting? It does look racy though. . Ahhhhhhh, thank you oj. I type too slow. Your post makes perfect sense.
Castings fit a variety of purposes. Custom intakes are tailor made for your particular combination(race) The welds are left like that to show the skill of the builder. John Marcella is another one who does absolutely amazing welding
They can make a sheet metal intake without having to make a mold first....it's definitely a sensible way to build intakes for race cars. With the CAD/CNC stuff they do these days, they can get it right on the first try, too. I guess the traditional version of the Hogan would be the Crower U Fab
Id run it.....wouldn't end up on my coupe....but would be bad *** on my Chevelle. How much are the chances..?
The only Hogan intakes I've seen are serious business/no holds barred/money is no object compe***ion intakes. What they look like is NOT a primary concern. That being said, I'd like to see their take on a 4/6 2 bbl. u-fab intake for a 330 Desoto hemi Larry T I guess I should have looked at their website first. If you squint real hard, it might sorta resemble this.
It's much easier to get the desired port taper, fuel shear characteristics, entry angles, & so on with a fabbed manifold. As oj said, in many cases cast manifolds simply don't exist, or the offerings are very limited. To cast some of this stuff up would be even more expensive and time consuming. Hogan, Marcella, and Wilson have such a backlog of work that even to get one of these takes around two months, or more. This intake really has nothing to do with the H.A.M.B. as such....you might as well have a Formula 1 paddle shifter, in terms of relevance...but in its own world, it's fine. As I said earlier...functional = work of art....at least to me...
X2......we use them on our race engines. VERY engine specific and not a one size fits all component. Purpose built for runner volume and air velocity that the heads require. In general...stay away from them unless it is built specifically for your engine.
That would be a different Hogan. The NZ made heads and intakes were made by Ron Hogan (Garths Dad), Made finned alloy heads- twin and triple intakes for flathead 8's and also the V12. And yes he also made twin plug heads for both the 8 and 12. Garth just had some twin plug heads cast up recently. Couple of twin intakes for sale on trademe (kiwi version of Ebay) just recently, and reasonably priced considering they are reasonably hard to come by.
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