DeTomaso Mailing List: March 1997, Message #146
     



From: Steve Stone <sstone@sybase.com>

Subject: FPP Intake, etc. - reply

Date: Thu, 20 Mar 97 14:48:55 NZS



>

>> That intake apparently just made this relatively mild motor create all sorts

>> of power and torque, however.  On the dyno, it pulled 300 ft/lbs of torque-at

>> only 2000 rpm.  The torque just kept climbing, maxxing out at 380 ft/lbs (rpm

>> unknown, but I think around 4500), and 389 hp at 5500 rpm through the

>> mufflers, all on pump gas.  I daresay that this simple intake swap was good

>> for perhaps 40-50 hp over the Edelbrock unit.  So based solely on the dyno

>> pulls, I'm a believer.  It rides a bit higher than stock and doesn't allow

>> use of a stock screen, but with really nice aftermarket screens available

>> from Pantera East, I can live with it!

>

>This agrees with another guy I talked with.  He open tracks a '68 Mustang

>with a 351C and he replaced a Performer with the FPP unit.  He said it

>made a big difference.

>

This FPP intake manifold sounds great! Can anyone tell me how much the unit

costs, and who sells it? Is it a standard Ford performance part??





Steve Stone, Auckland, New Zealand

'73 Pantera #4576	'76 Porsche 930	   '88 Subaru 4wd(shame!)