Lin,
I put the manifold & Kirk headers on at same time. Together they're good for
a big seat-of-the pants increase in power. Ask Reid Trummel--he drove it at
Conclave in SD. Still has the Mk1 cam so probably limited because of that,
though I do have the high-lift rockers. Can't say as I felt any difference
between the HD6 & 8s though.
Extension is necessary for KN air filter due to rear carb intake flange
being exactly on top of slanted frame rail. Flange extends filter so it can
hang into the area above the master cyls.
The mechanical linkage required using the BJ8 firewall bracket and fabbing a
longer 5/16 rod as well as a couple of new shorter rods.
I have the [expensive] pieces necessary for the BJ8 dual choke cable setup,
but got lazy and decided to try it with the rear choke only. The car starts
so I may leave it that way.
--
Steve Gerow
Pasadena CA
59 BN6
From: Linwood H Rose <linwoodrose@mac.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:31:23 -0400
To: steveg@abrazosdata.com
Subject: HD8 DMD manifold
Hi Steve,
I had thought about using the DMD intake on my restoration, but ultimately
decided against it. I have remained intrigued about the intake. I am not
sure that I understand why you had to make the extension for the carb to air
cleaner? Can you shed some light on that.
Have you run the car? Do you find a performance increase? Have you tested
it?
Your installation looks very nice. I had seen a similar set-up on a rally
car a couple of years ago. The owner used a throttle cable rather than the
mechanical linkage.
I did adopt the throttle cable on my car.
Lin
1960 BT7 "The Bloody beast"
1959 AN5 Bugeye
Cable throttle on Rally Car 2.JPG
Cable throttle on Rally Car 5.JPG
Cable throttle on Rally Car 8.JPG
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