Ebay 390283340072 I bet he doesn't sell a single one of these. Even if they do work good I can't see paying that price for one

 

I would generally agree, but the Ford Falcon GT's And GTHO's here in Australia have gone absolutely stupid in the last couple of years. There was a GTHO phase 3 up for sale a year or so ago with an asking price of close to $1 million aus. It was The only 1972 white, 4-speed with air-con etc etc. They were limited edition where they had to Homologate a minimum of 500 road cars to be able to race and they didn't build much more than that. As you can imagine there were a lot crashed raced stolen etc so there aren't a lot of the original ones around. I'm sure they would have done something similiar in the states back in the day.They are performance royalty over here. I don't know if that manifold is a rare thing but the collectors who are trying to get a factory replacement or even doing up a GT clone could conceiveably pay that money to get it back to cherry GT specs. You know the type, the trainspotters/anoraks who would pick on you if you have the wrong period sparkplugs. at least this is something that would be visible-noticeable. They are not concerned about the performance part of it. There would be quite a few manifolds around that would probably kick it in the plums.

 

That's a dirty trick I did to myself!! I had another look and it is a late model alloy copy! Not even the factory original cast iron. Definitely one for the GT clone brigade. If you got caught trying to pass that off as original you'd get shot but a coat of ford blue and no-one the wiser. The original GTHO's had a 4v setup and were quite a cranky thing for their day so it wouldn't be a bad manifold, but you're perfectly correct. You wouldn't buy it for your 351c unless you were trying to acheive a spec/look.

 

try this AUTOLITE DISTRIBUTOR FORD XWXYGT-HO PHASE 2,3,CONCOURS | eBay, this is the classic example of what i've mentioned here:

 

Interesting, I wasn't even sure just what car this car was.

 

Australian 1972 falcon race spec. The local touring car series was and still to a degree does rule australian motorsport, look up Bathurst. Its a long story by the aussie phase series falcons died a death at number three. There was a journo scare predicting 200mph road cars so the phase 4, the V8 charger (was a hemi 6cly six pack that went VERY well) and the V8 Torana (also originally a six pack abeit a 202ci that also went very well due to being smaller). These were all factory cars and it really caused chaos in the 73 series. People from the era it was an incredible thing. One day there are a couple of test cars on the shop, the next day they're gone like the aleins at roswell. it was a typical corporate thing to make all the evidence disappear asap and never speak of it again. This also led to the urban myths of phase 4 engines in cars (maybe not a myth) and various other bits and pieces floating around. All up it was a shame as the phase 3 351 GTHO was the fastest 4 door sedan it the world, the six pak charger could beat it on the 1/4 mile and the shorter twistier touring car tracks, and the Torana eventually grew body and engine into a 308ci rocket that dominated for years. Definitly worth a look Mark as Ford US supplied quite a few ideas over the years.

 

Was the hemi 6cly six pack a V6 or in line ?

 

Inline 265ci. Very horsey unit and went like the clapper! The aussie charger not as big as US charger I believe so being lighter would help. Triple strombergs from memory

 

The Charger ran triple Webers and the package was tuned in Italy for Chrysler.

As for that intake, that is the Scott Cook manifold. It is a dead-on external copy of the Falcon GT intake however, internally it has been heavily modified and works with the Scott Cook alloy heads. His heads LOOK like factory original 4. heads but the ports and chamber are all new. The stuff is expensive but the guys that buy this stuff are building stock looking GTs and GT-HOs that are running 600hp or more.

 

I stand corrected on the carbs. They were definitely a cranky looking (and going) piece of kit! Good bit of info on the manifold.

 

Do those manifolds need the better heads like the 3v items out there or can there be good gains made by bolting it onto standard heads?

 

Those will bolt to a 4V head but the manifold is designed for a filled floor intake port. The intake will bolt to the 2V head also but there will be port mismatch. These are not designed for the CHI 3V but will bolt up with some port mismatch.