LT1-LT4 Modifications 1993-97 Gen II Small Block V8

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Old Feb 6, 2010 | 09:35 PM
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Has anyone swapped to a carb style or fi intake with a distributor in the back?

I d like to switch over to a megasquirt to run 96 or 120 injectors for e85. The megasquirt can use a crank trigger or distributor pretty easy. Its a 383, 76 turbo th400 in an impala so room is ok at the firewall.

I was thinking about the holley stealth ram maybe?
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ive seen a few with a dizzy in the back, not that hard to do.

heres my old setup, a lil dirty, and unorganized


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I can see thats a gm dual plane? Any name or number? That would work......Im not looking to spin it high, its an impala, just needs lots of power under the curve. Any idea if there is any other intake like that from other sources?
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You THINK firewall clearance is OK but that is because you don't realize the 91-3 Caprice used an intake with an enlarged distributor hole and a distributor with an enlarged flange to seal it because with a standard distributor and intake there is NOT sufficient clearance to pull it with the engine in the car otherwise..

The BENCH RACERS will tell you about the massive midrange gains of carbed intakes BUT the actual RESULTS from the intakes guys most often use show losses below 5500 or so similar to about 6500 and then a gain above that. Doesn't sound to me like what you want, so if you do this ignore popular input on intake selection.
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I can see thats a gm dual plane? Any name or number? That would work......Im not looking to spin it high, its an impala, just needs lots of power under the curve. Any idea if there is any other intake like that from other sources?

http://www.jegs.com/i/GM+Performance...02592/10002/-1
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