[Tom Vaught]

Originally Posted by Skip Fix

Tom my Warrior/Nash top says TR Top S-K ENG"

Some say that SK Engineering (in Romulus, Mi) actually owned the patterns for the Doug Nash/Warrior Intake(s) and cast up the manifolds 4-bbl and T/R) for the Hunt Brothers.

Having been to the Hunt Brother's (very small) sales business many times, I can tell you that THEY did not cast up or machine the Warrior intakes.

My guess is that this company did the manifolds for SK Engineering who sold the intakes to The Hunt bros. under the Warrior name.

Tooling Equipment International (TEI), Livonia, Mich.

"It's a perfect scenario when you can get the end-user, Tier 1 foundry and tooling guys together in all phases of a project," said Oliver Johnson, TEI's business development director.

TEI uses its in-house casting facility to bridge the gap between casting supplier and OEM. The company can prove out tooling or producelow volume, prototype castings as its automotive customers test designs with the potential for full, high-volume production.

(They also cast up the Intake Manifolds for the "V-10 Hydrogen Fueled Airport Bus" engines we built for a Engineering program at Ford.)

So your Intake is the real deal with the S-K ENG Top on it.

Tom V.

[68azbird]

Originally Posted by John62

Its easy, take a BBC Ram Jet intake, cut off the bottom, then take a Victor Jr. and cut off the top. Then just weld them together.

$$$$$
I hate welding dirty cast aluminum. Would just fabricate sheet metal at that point.

[Tom Vaught]

I was lucky, the Warrior TR Lower I used was not fully machined and never saw any run time prior to the Mods.

Tom V.

[Jack Gifford]

I like the "theme" that relates to the various "names" that are meaningful to you. Nice work Tom!

I've also got one of the S-K tunnel rams. Used it mostly under my Hilborn 4-port when I'd run with the unblown alky pulling clubs. Did some winning with it. In the photo of Steve Barcak taking a "test drive", it's on an aluminum-rod 400 shortblock.

[Tom Vaught]

Looked very nice there Jack.

Remember when Gale Banks and Bruce Geisler were trying out their first Inter-cooler set-up under Geisler's "Hanky Panky" 53 Studebaker the last year I was at Bonneville.

Your plenum box above the Nash TR plenum reminds me of that deal.

Tom V.

Bruce Geisler had about 100 Bonneville records over the years.

[Tom Vaught]

I weighed the Warrior Intake, modified lower Holley plenum (with velocity stacks), Upper Plenum Lid (with Throttle Body attached), and the weight is about 40 pounds.
Some dense aluminum in those parts apparently.

Put it on my mock-up engine and the rear of the manifold hits the MSD distributor cap.
I was going to use a Cam Sync sensor in the back of the engine to drive the Luhn oil pump so no big deal there. I am planning on using "C_N_P" (coil near plug) ignition parts mounted on the valve covers so I thing I am still good to go.

In the spring I will install the intake on the engine in the 64 GTO and check for hood clearance but should be fine there from rough measurements.

Tom V.

[Skip Fix]

I tried to drop an HEI in on a motor I put the TR on and not sure it would really go.

And when I put it in the flowbench it was so heavy it really needed clamping down the head! It is a heavy thing.

[Junkyard Dog]

Originally Posted by Tom Vaught

In the spring I will install the intake on the engine in the 64 GTO and check for hood clearance but should be fine there from rough measurements.

Tom V.

That's amazing, Tom. I never would have thought it would even come close to clearing. Somebody ought to manufacture that thing. Send it to Holley or Edelbrock.

[RUDOLFSSON]

Thanks for sharing! Nice job..

[HWYSTR455]

I bet there's a market for that intake Tom, might be worth looking into.

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[krisr]

Originally Posted by HWYSTR455

I bet there's a market for that intake Tom, might be worth looking into.

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This intake is what the turbo/centri-blown guys would die for! Hell with the right runners it'd be great for N/A applications too.

[Tom Vaught]

Originally Posted by Junkyard Dog

That's amazing, Tom. I never would have thought it would even come close to clearing. Somebody ought to manufacture that thing. Send it to Holley or Edelbrock.

It comes close/ or "fits" because I basically removed the intake plenum from the Warrior intake, (5.5") the carbs from the intake, (5.5") the air cleaners (3") About 14" total from the upper manifold surface of the intake and replaced it with the Modded EFI stuff.

From the Distributor Mount Base on the block to the top rear surface of the intake plenum lid is only 12.5" so I see no real issues in it fitting at all as the distributor mount pad is SEVERAL inches below the normal Tunnel Ram Plenum mounting surface.

One other thing is the 64 GTO has a slightly raised center section which I can imagine I would need for clearance.

Tom V.

[6567GTO]

This is one of the coolest things I've seen in a while Tom.