[NHRASuperStock455SD]

Originally Posted by ho428

I'd like something like that as well.

As my Road Race car gets more and more radical I'm leaning toward installing a 440 with Lynns heads.
This guy running a Hemi had an issue with fuel slosh under braking and cornering and had to get away from Holleys.
I think something like this on a set of Aluminum V heads would be killer.

Looks like an easy deal to do to me.

[NHRASuperStock455SD]

intake without top

[goatasaurus rex]

BAD AZZ!!!

[R 70 Judge]

V stuff is so freaking cool!

[60man]

That's one hell of a "Bathtub".!!
More like a watering tank for livestock !

[NHRASuperStock455SD]

Originally Posted by 60man

That's one hell of a "Bathtub".!!
More like a watering tank for livestock !

Remember....it is made large for big motors. Tony said up to 700 cu in? Where have we heard that number before? A smaller motor you simply mill the top to decrease plenum size. This idea cam from Adger Smith 5 years ago, love the concept. Thanks to my tooling guy for making it a reality. Took too long as my rocking chair is upon me.

It is 2-3 inches taller than the stock intake set up.

[NHRASuperStock455SD]

This intake with a flat top should be close to the stock height. I will publish numbers as soon as I can.

[428RA4]

cool -

Im game if a few more folks jump in and want it.

[455-4+1]

Originally Posted by 455-4+1

Please excuse my ignorance, we dont see much exotic Ponty stuff down here LOL

Do the RAV not use a bolt to the head outboard of the rear runners ??

Just looking at the TR picture

By the way, awesome effort on getting this deal together

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[428RA4]

He was referring to the lack of bolt holes to mount the intake to the heads.

[NHRASuperStock455SD]

Originally Posted by 60man

That's one hell of a "Bathtub".!!
More like a watering tank for livestock !

Yeah we need watering for all those horses!!!!!!

[Jack Gifford]

Originally Posted by 455-4+1

... Do the RAV not use a bolt to the head outboard of the rear runners ??...

Can't some of you RAV guys be polite enough to answer the question?

[tom s]

factory intakes use 5 bolts each side to hold them down.Tom

[spartazoo]

Originally Posted by pontiac jack

Can't some of you RAV guys be polite enough to answer the question?

I was wondering the same thing.

[Tom Vaught]

http://www.bopengineering.com/rav_du...bottom_b.shtml

Tom Vaught

ps Most would never say that I was Polite, (like polar)

[455-4+1]

Thanks Tom and others

So these obviously dont use a Std RAV bolt pattern for the intake then as there looks to be no material in the flange for an outboard bolt at either end ??

Hmmmmmm........

This picture of the head shows what looks like additional bolts as well as the outboard factory locations

Maybe this is how the TR intake bolts up using these and not the outer factory location

[NHRASuperStock455SD]

All these intakes will have the stock Pontiac bolt pattern. We are doing the front water neck cross over separately since all our RA-Vs will have reverse cooling. We will also have the ability to use regular flow cooling. More pictures soon.

I took the intake to BES and Tony likes it! We are starting to finish up the first RA-V crate motor in the next couple of weeks.

[455-4+1]

Originally Posted by NHRASuperStock455SD

All these intakes will have the stock Pontiac bolt pattern.

I still dont see how it can use the "stock Pontiac bolt pattern" outside of the rear runner
Separate water crossover I am OK with and having a "short flange" outboard of the front runners.

From what I have seen with stock RAV intakes 3 of the holes are above the lines of the port with the two outboard ones slightly lower
From the tunnel ram pics it looks like there is no flange in that location. Hence my query about the two extra "non Pontiac" holes lower toward the deck inboard of the outer runners ? These must be redundent or for some other purpose as they arnt in the "stock location" Possibly for a future blower mainifold ??

I would have thought that the TR would have required a longer flange at the rear to pick up the rear factory bolt location (This would typicaly be the same offset from the outer runner at the front to allow heads to be swapped from side to side)

Hopefully I am missing some thing simple here

[johnta1]

Lynn, nice article on your 'Crate Engines' in Pontiac Enthusiast magazine.

[Brian Baker]

Originally Posted by 455-4+1

I still dont see how it can use the "stock Pontiac bolt pattern" outside of the rear runner

Hopefully I am missing some thing simple here

The mounting holes aren't cast-in, so with enough meat in the head, they can be drilled and tapped anywhere you want them...just a matter of changing the program on the machine.