more on 4-71 to Stude V8 here is a comparison of a Cragar 4-71 blower manifold for the early Cadillac motors and the stock Stude manifold and gasket. although port layout, spacing and angle look close, the Stude ports are much smaller and none of the bolt holes line up. again this could be done but would need some serious surgery to pull it off.
DEEPENHOCK, some visual would be great if you have the time. What about one of those little 144 blowers or something?
Here you go... Since the Smoljan is flat on top (except for the carb riser sections) it would not be hard to machine a flat surface to mount a plate to locate the blower base... Jeff More pic's are up on Webshots at: http://rides.webshots.com/album/548895236zFOUvu
I've read about adapting Mopar manifolds to the Stude, but not sure which engine is the donor? The LA (340, 360) has similar port style (2 × 2), and the bore pitch is close at 4.46" (vs. 4.50 for the Stude), but the ports are pretty big, and the manifold is wet with an integral valley cover. The B (350, 361, 383, 400) has the same port style, but 4.80" pitch with even bigger ports - but the manifold is Stude-style (no cover). Has anyone tried the 1965-66 273 only (smaller intake ports) Edelbrocks like this one:
That's a good starting point. 273/318/340 You will need to make adapter plates and do quite a bit of machining work. Even then it is not an ideal setup. Of interest is that there is a nicely modified Edelbrock Torker style intake on Ebay right now that has an opening bid of $250... That's a deal. The intake is a 2500+ style though... Jeff
I would suggest NOT using the stock steel intake gasket on a Stude V8 engine. There are a couple of great Studebaker vendors that make a very good composite gasket that seals up much better, especially on older engines and aftermarket manifolds. Jeff
Something for you, Deepnhock http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=124409 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=166071 Could this be done with a standard iron 4 barrel intake? I am going to build a 289 and put it into an A or a T. How would one of those run?
Sure could. You'd have to mill the top parallel and block off the heat crossover p***age (which you'd be milling into), but it could be done on a stock cast iron 2 barrel, or 4 barrel intake (later style, not the '53/'57 2bbl intake). They'd run only as good as the rest of everything else is built. But the Stude block it one tough cookie.... Add forged pistons and re-balance it and hammer down! Jeff
Somebody makes a cross ram Weber DCOE manifold for Mopar 340 and was interested to know the various parameters that make it similar to the Studebaker. That would be my manifold of choice, since you could probably get him to machine it as required by sending him a s**** part. Will find pix to post shortly and the vendor URL.
With the individual runner Weber manifold you don't have to stick with the four expensive italian carbs, but could do the Japanese clones, the Dell'Orto or the throttle bodies for EFI that are cloned to the DCOE flange mountings. Of course the positioning of the nozzles in the runners would have to be worked out, and the program chip would be only a starting point if the latter option were pursued for some glutton for punishment.
Can any of the studebaker V8 blocks be mounted using bolt holes on front face of block on both sides? I have seen holes on the left side that are really part of a side mount but nothing on the right side.
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