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No wonder that Doug's is so busy making headers for the round port engine.
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Glad i got my Round Ports last summer even though the car was not ready until June this year
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I have a pair of long branch roundport and the short roundport exhaust manfolds available , going to Norwalk contact me if interested
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72 lemans,455 e-head, UD 255/263 solid flat,3.73 gears,,,10" 4400 converter,, 6.68 at 101.8 mph,,1.44 60 ft.2007 (cam 271/278 roller)9"CC.4.11gear 6.41 at 106.32 mph 1.42 60 ft.(2009) SOLD,SOLD 1970 GTO 455 4 speed #matching,, 3.31 posi.Stock manifolds. # 64 heads.A factory mint tuquoise ,69' judge stripe car. 8.64 @ 87.3 mph on slippery street tires.Bad 2.25 60ft.Owned since 86' |
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any new from norwalk? was there many for sale in the swap meet?
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1969 carousel red firebird 455, richmond 5 speed 1964 540 gto 1971 lemans sport convertible 1972 Maverick under slow construction |
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Heard this AM, at least one pair of oversize '73-74 roundports sold
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I'd buy someone's used oversized 70 A body D -port manifolds in good shape. If someone finds some at a swap meet let me know.
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72 lemans,455 e-head, UD 255/263 solid flat,3.73 gears,,,10" 4400 converter,, 6.68 at 101.8 mph,,1.44 60 ft.2007 (cam 271/278 roller)9"CC.4.11gear 6.41 at 106.32 mph 1.42 60 ft.(2009) SOLD,SOLD 1970 GTO 455 4 speed #matching,, 3.31 posi.Stock manifolds. # 64 heads.A factory mint tuquoise ,69' judge stripe car. 8.64 @ 87.3 mph on slippery street tires.Bad 2.25 60ft.Owned since 86' |
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I talked to Paul last week and he is saying December currently for the round port Over-Sized F-body manifolds. He's at the mercy of the foundry from what I am hearing so time will tell.
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'72 Formula 455HO TH400, Revere Silver, black deluxe '74 Trans Am SD 4 speed, Admiralty Blue, blue deluxe |
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They told us next month on round port long branch manifolds for 5+ years we finally gave up calling to even ask.
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Just talked to RARE,,,he said the foundry is pouring them for the D ports as we speak. Where I only ordered mine maybe 7 weeks ago i probably wont see any for a couple of months but people at the beginning of the list could see some in a few weeks. Theyve got a bunch of lefts in stock and having a bunch of rights being poured. I aslo ordered 3" down pipes and the 3" X pipe to connect to my 2.5" mufflers and tailpipes. Fingers crossed.
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72 lemans,455 e-head, UD 255/263 solid flat,3.73 gears,,,10" 4400 converter,, 6.68 at 101.8 mph,,1.44 60 ft.2007 (cam 271/278 roller)9"CC.4.11gear 6.41 at 106.32 mph 1.42 60 ft.(2009) SOLD,SOLD 1970 GTO 455 4 speed #matching,, 3.31 posi.Stock manifolds. # 64 heads.A factory mint tuquoise ,69' judge stripe car. 8.64 @ 87.3 mph on slippery street tires.Bad 2.25 60ft.Owned since 86' |
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Yep, I was in that group. Decided I wouldn't live long enough to enjoy them. If Edelbrock, Speedmaster, and others who make heads wanted to greatly increase their sales, they would provide round port exhaust manifolds. Larger company like this could get manifolds in the market in 6 months, start to finish. It takes some clout and $$$ up front to get a foundry interested in limited run stuff. But they will do it. Look at what Tom and his associates pulled off with the bathtub intake replica. Much more complex casting than an exhaust manifold. Iron replacement manifolds are available for almost any American engine you can imagine. Although the Pontiac manifolds are much better than most, they are not castings for the next space shuttle. As iron castings go, can they really be compared to an engine block or cylinder head? Foundries all over the country are pouring them every day.
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of interest:'' the parts place'' on EBAY and i would assume others say they have d port ram air manifolds for 68+ A bodies and 70 and up f bodys in stock
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1969 carousel red firebird 455, richmond 5 speed 1964 540 gto 1971 lemans sport convertible 1972 Maverick under slow construction |
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/\ as long as you don't mind core shift, err things lining up like they should, yeah, I'm sure they have it.
They do make some really neat stuff; It's really too bad that so much of their stuff is of such low quality.
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1970 Formula 400 Carousel Red paint on Black standard interior A no-engine, no-transmission, no-wheel option car. Quite likely one of few '70 Muncie three speed Formula 400's left. 1991 Grand Am: 14.4 @ 93.7mph (DA corrected) (retired DD, stock appearing) 2009 Cobalt SS: 13.9 @ 103mph (current DD; makes something north of 300hp & 350ft/lbs) |
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have to take your word for it, I bought some t 37 emblems from them and they were good. kind of apples to traffic cones comparison but, i find it hard to believe more than one place is casting and machining these, and most pontiac parts Ames, Classic, Year one, RARE, in such relatively low demand, i think most of us have been led to believe there was a large difference in quality between parts from certain vendors, not necessarily manufacturers.
Now parts place maybe hording the ''seconds'' and they other shops pay up for the better quality units, i guess that is a possibility, i cant speak to that.
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1969 carousel red firebird 455, richmond 5 speed 1964 540 gto 1971 lemans sport convertible 1972 Maverick under slow construction |
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I bid on a set of long branch manifolds round port. Bid them to $850 didn’t make the reserve and got bid higher. Auction ends and I get a second chance offer so somebody has got some shill bidders just another reason not to trust eBay it’s a scam even if eBay doing it or not the platform is being used to do it.
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how long ago was that? do you remember the final price?
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1969 carousel red firebird 455, richmond 5 speed 1964 540 gto 1971 lemans sport convertible 1972 Maverick under slow construction |
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I wanted the rare castings because I think theyre the only ones offering the oversized.
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72 lemans,455 e-head, UD 255/263 solid flat,3.73 gears,,,10" 4400 converter,, 6.68 at 101.8 mph,,1.44 60 ft.2007 (cam 271/278 roller)9"CC.4.11gear 6.41 at 106.32 mph 1.42 60 ft.(2009) SOLD,SOLD 1970 GTO 455 4 speed #matching,, 3.31 posi.Stock manifolds. # 64 heads.A factory mint tuquoise ,69' judge stripe car. 8.64 @ 87.3 mph on slippery street tires.Bad 2.25 60ft.Owned since 86' |
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Glad I got mine in 2020.
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1970 GTO (Granada Gold) - 400 / TH400 |
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I have a set on my 77, IF I had known I was going to be doing another trans am I would have bought 2 pair!
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