Just so you are up to speed, the arrow in the attached photo is pointing at the plenum divider. It should appear as you see it in the photo. If it is cut down much more than 1/2" it may not be the best intake for your particular situation. If the divider is intact, the holes arent all stripped out, and the price is within reason, I would say snap it up.
I like the offy cross-rams. A buddy of mine scored a mint Smokey Ram on Ebay. He paid for it though, IIRC I think it was around $400-$450.
Ok, so why are you on here wasting time posting pics of that thing, BUY IT before someone else does!!!
I've seen a couple on ebay ranging from 400 to 500 bucks used.. I think it's time for GM to whip up another batch of these intakes....
Way too much unless you want it for a factory application. I see and buy C-3BX's and C-4B's regularly for $100 and under. As little as $25 for one needing a bunch of little detail work and heli coils. What's yours needed for?
Nothing that I need to spend that much for!! I have a 63' 327 out of a Corvette. Not that that means anything. But I have the Corvette Valve Covers and want to keep them. So I need an oil spout which has me looking at older intakes. If you look back in this thread you will see pictures and information on my motor. Just trying to get some help from the SBC experts. Oh yeah, it's going into a 1046 International Harvester with Jaguar independant front and rear suspension.
Same on this side of the continent. Give me $300 and some time to look and I'll get you at least five C4B/C3B/C3BX intakes.
I'd venture to say the main reason the small journal motors are favored is mainly due to the numbers built. Far more small journal motors were made, and thus more likely to be used vs. large journal motors. After 1968 all the SBC's used the large jurnals, so the highly touted 302 used the same large journals as the large journal 327. It's only .10" larger on the rods and .15" larger on the mains.
If anyone is interested I know where there is a new never built GM factory SJ 327 "Fitted Block" from the early 60'z for sale, comes with std. bore block, pistons & rings ............................
There's one on craigs right now for $200. Standard bore, complete. Although it didn't say what year or anything so it might be a SJ or a LJ motor. If I had room.......
I am so glad I joined the HAMB. Here all these years I have been believing this ******** in this article that Jenkins wrote back in the early '70s on block selection. Not to mention the thousands of NASCAR and Comp elim. engine builders that have been building small-blocks with honda rod journals for the last two decades.
Do you know what kind of car the motors came out of? Just curious. Always interested in learning new info.
hi guys awesome thread!! I don't wana hijack it but can anyone knowledgeable on 'em fill me in on the intake on my early 327...its an Edelbrock SP2-P.. really happy if someone could PM me even.... 327s are great engines.I can't wait to hear mine up and runnin again..
So I'm going to pick up the 69' Z28 intake this Saturday. Anything special I should look for? Any special markings? I know to make sure there are no modifications to the plenum. Anything else?
Most would agree that it is one of the best engines that GM has produced. Ran one in a asphalt late model - 8,000 rpm all day long. (big crank) Ran one in my dirt modified with 14 to 1 compression (alky) (small crank) They never broke.
Who knows? I figure the chances of the same crank staying with the original motor are slim to none. I can check some casting numbers when I get time.
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