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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 07:46 PM
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anyone drive on the street w/ a single plane intake if so good or bad
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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 08:55 PM
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yup
I have, four speed car though. Now will be back on the street but with a high stall auto. You dont always loose power with a single plane I ve seen improvements across the board vs a dualplane. It all depends on the engine and combo.
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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 11:06 PM
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It all depends on the rest of your application.
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 01:01 AM
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Usually raises power band, not good to be flying around the street at big rpm's.
To each his own. I don't like or use on the street.

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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 08:15 AM
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I drove with a single plane for almost a year and it ran okay. Of course I thought it ran great until I put on the edelbrock performer rpm. It picked up tons more low end. Its all about matching parts I guess. I have since changed a few parts and the single plane might work alot better with my new heads and cam but I didnt want to chance it. For the street my vote is for the performer RPM.
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 04:49 PM
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i have a 3500 stall and a single plane intake and i'm happy with it, but I don't street drive it as much as I'd like either
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 06:40 PM
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I've used a single plane on my street/strip car for almost 8 years without a problem. As mentioned, the dual-plane technology has evolved well, so depending on the power/torque made and the intented rpm range of the car, the single plane will help on flow up top but sometimes sacrafice a little bottom end, but a good stick/high stall converter will fix that!

Guess you go with your comfortable choice, but it can work just fine.

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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 03:17 PM
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got a single plane on my camaro, with a low stall converter, and it is pretty much un-driveable.

im gonna get a 3500 stall soon, and it should be good
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 11:51 PM
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Had a 355 in a 2nd gen Z a few years ago. had a Torker II and a 750dp Holley. 3.42's and a TH350. Dosn't sound too good right? Ran it's *** off! Car could fry the tires at will, was a great daily driver. Don't remember the cam specs but the total pkg worked well together. That's what you've gotta look at is the complete pkg and what you wanna achieve with it. that said the Performer RPM seems to be the top dog these days.
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 11:41 PM
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it depends entirely on the combo. i own a 79' camaro with a 383 ( 500 est. hp) with a manual tranny and an 850 holley. the package is perfectly tuned together and it works great. on a milder combo however i would suggest a good high rise single plane manifold.
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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 03:50 PM
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got a super vic with a 1095 cfm king demon rs on my 13.8.1 comp 406 sbc. street driven plenty. no complaints here. takes a lot of self restraint to keep from playing around with every f-body or mustang i see. lol
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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 04:37 PM
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I've always had a single plane manifold.......all set with weird mixture distribution problems and/or giving up power up top.
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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 06:28 PM
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A single plane will be fine. Back before I knew any better, I put a single plane Torker II on a 267. Only thing that motor had was a stock size cam from a 350, headers, and a 600 carb.

Yeah, I pretty much shifted just after the intake got into its power band (I shifted at 4000, Torker was rated at 2500-7500...IIRC)

As long as the rest of your combo is matched up to it, it should pull nicely.
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Old Apr 17, 2007 | 06:37 PM
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i have a vic jr on my 355 sbc .560/.575 lift solid cam, aluminum heads with th350 and 3200 stall and 4.88's. i have no problem driving on the street at all. more power down low equals more traction problems and i dont need any more than i already have.
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