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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:37 pm 
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how the hell do i get the intake manifold of my cleveland???
its all unscrewed and s*** and i cant get it of, any ideas?

also, what do u guys think of a therma quad going onto my motor?
is it worth it? i just have a single barrel on there now and i want to know if the thermaquad will give me any noticable increase in power/pivkup??

this is the reason i want the manifold of the other enigine so i can put it and my thermaquad into my fairlane
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:22 pm 
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as long as all the bolts are undone , it should
come off. maybe stuck in place from 20 years of
dirt, corrosion ect.
try gently prying with a lever to break the seal..
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:14 pm 
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Give it a tap next to the dizzy with a soft face mallet and then use an appropriate sized punch inserted into a bolt hole to lever it off. Worked well for mine.

 

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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:36 pm 
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Single throat carby on a cleveland ??? I think what you have is a Stromberg dual throat carby. Sufficient for a standard 302, but if you want to keep the oil companies in business put the big one on.
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:01 pm 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
Single throat carby on a cleveland ??? I think what you have is a Stromberg dual throat carby. Sufficient for a standard 302, but if you want to keep the oil companies in business put the big one on.


WTF ???

One more and you would have a four barrel post :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:13 pm 
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yer stromberg, i thort it was single, ah well.
so yer? will there be any noticable change in power and pikup with the thermaquad?
um nah the motor has been rebuilt in the past few years according to the fella i boght it of
so i dont think there would be 20 years worth of s**t there anyways, lol
just alot of gasket sealant stuff
sealed reallyg ood lol
ill try l;ever it somehow again and tapping it, thats what i done b4 but didnt seem to budge it
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:45 am 
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Tap a screw driver into the very front where the cork gasket goes across the front and lever it, it'l come off easy once you lift a tad and break the seal.

What kind of car is this in? I highly doubt it's a single throat, more than likely a Motorcraft 2 barrel.
As for the Thermoquad, the best place i've found for those is in the scrap bin, they're a big plastic piece of s**t!
Is it a 302 or 351? If your car is pre pollution then go for a Holley.

Throw up a bit more info and you'll get better answers.
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:00 am 
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yep go the old screw driver in the front and it'll come up easy, on my 351 I had little cut outs in the heads where I was able to get a driver in and reef it out.

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:17 am 
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As for the Thermoquad, the best place i've found for those is in the scrap bin, they're a big plastic piece of s**t!
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Ts this because you don't like the long setup as I have found them VERY easy to mod and get really good economy WITH excellent top end and acceleration IF set up correctly :roll: :P

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:32 am 
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That's because they have very small primaries and huge secondaries.

There was a guy in Melb a few years back who was a master with them, but i still wouldn't use one unless it was for pollution reasons.
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:53 pm 
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I,ve found nothing wrong with Thermoquads. Yes they are a bit fiddly to tune compared to a Holley, but they are reliable and have good throttle responce due to the small primaries. They also make a great sound when you open up the large secondaries. I have one one my 302C and I can cold start it and pretty much drive away without any problems.
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:15 pm 
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dont go a holley they suck but are good if you have a budget for me it must be Barry Grant carbi ... Mighty Demon is the name of the carbi very good very tunable very thirsty lol

 

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