Intake question
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Intake question
ok current truck is a 1974 F150 with a FE 360. has the stock carb and the 2Brl intake. i have a guy that has an intake from a 1964 Galaxie 500, 352 CI 4BBL that i am trying to buy his intake from him so i can go to a 4brl carb. casting numbers are C4SE9425A and he also found 3H161. so i was wondering if anyone knew if i can swap to this in my truck or not and what those numbers mean. thanks
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I would be careful and wait for someone with more knowledge than myself to chime in here.
Not sure when the low-medium-high riser thing changed, and if it makes a difference.
Not sure when the low-medium-high riser thing changed, and if it makes a difference.
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That intake has much larger ports than your current intake. In 66 I think they switched from big ports to small ones. Using the older intake w/ your newer heads, there will be a wall so to speak in the port where the intake meets the heads. I would recommend against this. If you use the older heads it will work.
By the way, it's the C4SE and maybe the "A" that you need to know. 9425 simply means that it is an intake manifold. And those other numbers are some sort or casting number that we don't really have any use for.
By the way, it's the C4SE and maybe the "A" that you need to know. 9425 simply means that it is an intake manifold. And those other numbers are some sort or casting number that we don't really have any use for.
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The port mismatch would be working against you, it would run but not very well. And the other number is a date code, appears to be August 16, 1963, consistent with an early '64 car- the C4SE9425A number is the casting number
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ok i will look for those manifolds. question on a carb just purchased a 1406 serires carb i guess from a guy in town for 100 4brl 600 cfm. good deal and how do you know if it is vacuum secondaries or mechanical secondaries
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All Carter and Edelbrock carbs are technically vacuum secondardies. The throttle plates in the bottom of the carb are mechanical but in the top of the secondary throttle bores are air valves which act as vacuum secondaries. I stopped using this style of carb after owning a Hemi with a pair of them. More carb fires on that engine than all the other engines I have owned put together.
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Call Dineens repair service in Little Falls,they have an "S" code 4V intake there ,he wants $50 for it. I bought it a couple of years back,but reurned it as I opted for aluminum. 315-823-2020
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The 4 barrel 390 in trucks ran the same cam as the 360, so no woud be the answer.
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ok so got the carb all cleaned up and ready to go still need that intake. what else willl i need to hook it up. thinking different fuel filters, fuel lines, hookups??? anything i need to know
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If you could find an old Edelbrock Streetmaster or Holley Street Dominator, one of those would probably work pretty good, would be a lot easier to install (especially if the engine is in the truck), will lose 60 to 65 lbs. off the front end, engine will probably run cooler and better when it's warm out (with a blocked exhuast crossover). Just my opinion though and there's not anything wrong with running a cast iron intake.