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Old Jul 6, 2021 | 11:49 AM
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The 5.3 I have now has the Cathedral port heads on it, I have a carb style Holley intake that is square port, which square port head should I look for for boost? I know the 317 and the 243 are cathedral port I'm pretty sure, mine are 862. Would it be best to just sell the intake and buy one to match the heads I have now? When I bought the intake and carb, I was told it was cathedral ports, otherwise I wouldn't have bought it.
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Old Jul 6, 2021 | 12:25 PM
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I believe rectangular port heads require at least a 4 inch bore
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Old Jul 6, 2021 | 01:19 PM
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You would be correct in that belief.
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Old Jul 6, 2021 | 06:32 PM
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Got in touch with the guy I bought the intake from and he says that it will work with cathedral heads. Anyone have experience with these intakes? I've worked on a bunch of LS engines but this is my first attempt at doing anything performance wise.
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I would look up the part # on the intake, find out what you really have.
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I agree. It is possible that it just *looks* like it won't work but in reality it will
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Yeah if you staying cathedral I'd sell off the square port intake.
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