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Nov 18, 2006 | 08:16 PM

Chilako

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whistling intake

Any one ever come across a dual port intake?? To make a long story short, I had a whistle in my carb area since I bought my truck 4 months ago. At part throttle the noise would start and the engine would stumble. Repaired all the vacuum leaks I could find(lots), no change. I replaced the carb because it was too big any way, no change. I had a spare 4 barrel intake swapped it out today.Noise gone, stumble gone, also off idle stumble gone. This Offy intake is called a dual port and the runners are divided into 1/3 for primary side and 2/3 for secondary. Strangest this Ive ever seen It is a dual plane but the primary and secondarys are also divided at the carb mount.

Nov 19, 2006 | 07:36 AM

d79f150

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Sounds like your intake was cracked...

Nov 19, 2006 | 09:01 AM

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Or warped....

Nov 19, 2006 | 09:09 AM

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I agree that your manifold might be cracked. Dual plane manifolds were what was used for street applications. Single plane (tunnel ram) were used for racing.

Nov 19, 2006 | 10:35 AM

Chilako

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The only other thing I can think of I was using a open carb spacer for carb clearance and it looks like it should be divided into four so the primary and secondary runners stay seperated. I wonder if it was just air turbulance at the spacer.It was loud enuf to hear from another vehicle on the road with the window closed.

Nov 19, 2006 | 12:18 PM

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A dual PORT is different than a dual PLANE intake. Chilako has a dual PORT intake which were popular for a while in the 70's. He never said what engine this was on but they were available for several applications.

A dual PORT or PLANE manifold should be used with a 4 hole or divided carb spacer to preserve the low end advantages. Sometimes an open spacer is used to enhance upper RPM performance but again low end performance is compromised. Some dual plane and dual port manifolds had a notch in the divider to improve high RPM performance. The notch was carefully designed to provide enhancement without losing too much low end performance.

Nov 19, 2006 | 02:48 PM

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Which one of these do you have ?

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Nov 19, 2006 | 07:02 PM

71LTD390

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I once had a whistling noise at a certain throttle position. Turns out that the throttle shaft bore was shot. Would only whistle at certain positions, though. But if the carb swap didn't help then that rules it out. Must have been the intake.

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