What is this intake for?
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My old '55 Ford Victoria had a 390 put into it. It sure would have been nice to have had that manifold on it instead of having to wrestle the heavy cast iron one out, while sitting under the hood that curved way down in the front, busting you head as you tried to crawl back out with around 80lbs of manifold in your hands, and not crushing the top of the radiator that stuck way up in the air.
I was young then. Probably couldn't pick it up off the ground now.
I was young then. Probably couldn't pick it up off the ground now.
Use a hoist next time.
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$100 + the ride to 70570. And before you say that's too low, it needs a LOT of work to be useable. The T-Stat housing isn't the original either. It's really only valuable to someone looking for this particular intake. For the average Joe, a Performer 390 will do the same job.
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No, that's normal to see on an intake that's been tucked away even in someone's barn, needs a good glass beading and all the holes cleaned and chased with a bottom tap. The oil baffle on the bottom needs to come off too, to see if there's any cancer in the exhaust crossover passage.
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Yeah I understand it’s dirty but I wasn’t gonna ness with it I would let new owner do that unless it wouldn’t hurt for me to sandblast it .
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Don't sand blast, bead blast it. There's another method that I've heard better than bead blast but can't think of it offhand. The biggest concern on these intakes is the condition of the exhaust passage under the plenum and above the splash pan under the intake. Last PI intake I bought had rotted out behind the pan. Not a killer, cause you can block off the passage, but if tooo bad, it'll eat into the plenum above.
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Actually this is the least desireable of the O.E. Aluminum intakes, so don't get your hopes up. The 2x4's 3x2's, the MR427 and 428PI's all bring the big prices, along with the TP intakes. And cleaning it up, if done right will not diminish whatever value it may bring.
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But you'd need to find the right guy to get the $$$$. I've restored a few of these. Last one was a rotted out 428PI