About that funny shaped intake tube - there's a reason - Performance!

avalonandl said:

First, an NHRA dragster has a completely different engine often supercharged and 4000 hp....running on Nitro....air box would not allow that and choke the engine. We have 300 hp - at the rear wheels...

The airflow has pulses even in the airtube. Its all connected.

The extra resonator tubes are primarily for sound.

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mountie said:

Now days, Top Fuel runs at about 11,000 to 12,000 HP...... Hell.. it takes 300 + HP just to run the blower!!

Big air in, big air out. An air box will get sucked into and pucker up into a handfull of litter!

Stock air filters? Sure, on stock set-ups. Modify the air pressure ( supercharger, etc)? Sure...then modify the intake.

Talking about a few horsepower..... Uh, in the traffic we drive in? Yea,...right......

I can't tell you how MANY street & race tuners told me, " Change the stock set up? - Do you know how much engineering was put into that part?"

IMO.... If you want to make your system "pretty" on a stock set up, that is fine.
I do like a nice intake growl....

( I remember my Dad's great old 1969 Buick Sport Wagon ( 400 cid)... When I floored it, the only sound was from the exhaust... Sounded like a broken air hose !! Talk about a restricted intake/exhaust)

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jonnytahoe said:

All the horsepower cannot even be put to the ground. View attachment 242690

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mountie said:

Dale Armstrong told me " Engines don't know anything about going from here to there.... It's an air pump that spins around. I build it to last 4 seconds."

( I took that pic of the Bud King - Buick Reatta at burnout, in Pomona)

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Dantheman1540 said:

Yeah that one that starts with E . You can vouch for the sub zero temps then lol

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