my single plane high rise is here

[oldred95]

After some searching I managed to pick this up on ebay used for 172 shipped. Its the Victor Jr. 2912 2 barrel. Its going to take some time with the rotary file to get the plenum sized right and it will actually get a pretty substantial increase in volume but I think this is going to be the cats meow. The runners are untouched so I will probably gasket match and clean up what little casting flash there is and call it good. Probably going to thin the throttle shaft and put a pod spacer on the 454 throttle body too. I doubt I ever do anything with it until next spring but I thought I would post a few pics of it for anyone interested in the manifold.






The 454 throttle blades are 2 inches in diameter and about 4 1/4 inches wide blade tip to blade tip. A lot of material will get removed but there will still be more then enough for a good seal.


The plenum is 5 inches deep FWIW. Overall intake heighth is about 7 inches from the china walls to the carb flange.

[GreaseDog]

holy crap. i had no idea that thing was that tall. will it even fit under a stock hood?

[oldred95]

Originally Posted by GreaseDog

holy crap. i had no idea that thing was that tall. will it even fit under a stock hood?

With my body lift it shouldn't be an issue. I'm not sure what I'm going to do for an adapter. I'm going to make it, but whether its going to be 1/4" plate or maybe 1 inch thick aluminum I'm not sure yet. The intake is pretty impressive once you actually get your hands on it and get to looking at it.

[chevy_addicted]

wow!I cant wait to see a tb mounted and sitting on a engine!!! we need fab work pics to!

[GreaseDog]

so when are you installing? i want to know how much im gonna have to hack up my cowl induction hood.

[oldred95]

Originally Posted by chevy_addicted

wow!I cant wait to see a tb mounted and sitting on a engine!!! we need fab work pics to!

Like I said more then likely it will be next spring before anything really gets done. I'm hoping to do a full ignition system upgrade with ignition box and a Mallory fuel pressure regulator mounted to the intake all at the same time. The idea is to eliminate as much clutter as I can from the intake. I'm not sure about the engine harness but if it stays where it is then its getting a lot of cleanup work.

[Fast305]

Originally Posted by GreaseDog

holy crap. i had no idea that thing was that tall. will it even fit under a stock hood?

There is a reason I have been pushing this intake for quite some time now!!!! I feel it is simply THE BEST performance intake you can get for a 2bbl TBI setup. Open up the plenum to match a 2" bore TBI and it works VERY well.

PS--It fit under the stock doghouse and firewall in a fullsize van. The stock TBI intake is something like 5 1/2" tall from the china wall to the TBI mounting surface. The Edelbrock performer is another 1/2" taller than that.

[GreaseDog]

is the stock intake really THAT tall? wow. guess it looks alot taller than it actually is.

[Fast305]

Originally Posted by GreaseDog

is the stock intake really THAT tall? wow. guess it looks alot taller than it actually is.

I found the specs.. Measuring solely from the front or rear is wrong according to Edelbrock.

The stock intake is 5.1" in the rear and 3.7" in the front. Average those and the TBI pad is at 4.40". They advertise the 3704 as being .250" higher than stock. That means the Edelbrock is 4.65" tall.

The 2912 is at 5.98"...So its closer than it appears regardless.

[GreaseDog]

add 1/4" for the adapter, and you're looking at just shy of 2" taller than stock. not too bad, just looks alot taller. probably due mostly to it being a single plane intake, rather than a dual plane where all of the runners are crammed together.

[chevy_addicted]

what about linkage,would you have to fab up spacers to put it inline with the tb?

[chevy_addicted]

adapterlinkage what do you guys think?

[whitelightnin92]

and where did you find that?

[oldred95]

Originally Posted by chevy_addicted

what about linkage,would you have to fab up spacers to put it inline with the tb?

I'm going to make a throttle cam setup. I'm tired of the hair trigger throttle and especially the cruise control. I bought a couple sheave pulleys that measure about 2 1/2 inches where the cable will run. Going to carefully weld a 3/8" nut to the end of the throttle shaft/stock linkage, put the pulleys on a bolt and lock them down and screw the bolt into the nut. I've mocked it up on a spare throttle body and it works good. Then just figure out my cables. Probably just make a bracket to fit my application.

[GreaseDog]

Originally Posted by whitelightnin92

and where did you find that?

Edelbrock 8032... look at the properties on the pics...

[kkustomz]

Haha, i thought about getting one of those intakes and cutting 2" off it and welding a plate on top, milling and bolting a tbi to it!

[chevy_addicted]

Originally Posted by whitelightnin92

and where did you find that?

linkage http://www.summitracing.com/parts/EDL-8032/ adapter http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HLY-17-47/

[oldred95]

Picked up a gasket tonight and cut the center out to make it open. I think the gasket is very slightly oversized but I traced it out onto the flange of the intake and its going to be pretty thin, thinner then I thought it would be. I can either deal with it being thin or not grind quite so much out of the intake and use the adapter I'm going to make to transition from a slightly bigger opening to a slightly smaller opening on the intake. Still not sure yet.

[dave89iroc]

I would get someone to weld plate to the sides, though if i was going the far, I would just forgo the adapter, and modify the flange to take the tbi strait up

[383TBI]

Originally Posted by chevy_addicted

adapterlinkage what do you guys think?

So with that adapter there will be no need to enlarge the intake?