Intake identification

[1966g10]

Looking to see if anyone knows anything about this intake, guy has it for sale says its for a Merc flathead, 1948? Would it fit a 8ba or even a ford block?
Never heard of the brand before Almquist?

[4tford]

looks to be for 49-53. has not had the front two ports drilled.

[flatjack9]

It will also fit 48 and earlier. Almquist was a well known name in the their day.

[1966g10]

Thanks for the reply, I wasn't sure on how to identify what would be a merc intake over a ford one. Thank you though.

[flatjack9]

Ford and Merc blocks are the same.

[tubman]

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I've seen these "One-size-fits-all" intakes before, but have never seen one drilled out. I would think care would have to be taken in drilling them out so all of the passages would line up correctly. Anyone got one of these where the drilling has been completed? It would be interesting to see how they work out.

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by tubman

I've seen these "One-size-fits-all" intakes before, but have never seen one drilled out. I would think care would have to be taken in drilling them out so all of the passages would line up correctly. Anyone got one of these where the drilling has been completed? It would be interesting to see how they work out.

This one would only drill into a common, open plenum.........nothing to line-up! DD

[tubman]

Originally Posted by V8COOPMAN

This one would only drill into a common, open plenum.........nothing to line-up! DD

I guess that's my point. The stock Ford 8BA engine ventilation system is more sophisticated than this, and I wonder how well this would work in practice.

[JSeery]

Intended for use with a mechanical advance distributer?

[tubman]

Originally Posted by JSeery

Intended for use with a mechanical advance distributer?

Maybe for a pre-49, but it would be easy to add a vacuum fitting. Since an 8BA takes the distributor vacuum signal from the carb, it wouldn't make any difference in that application.

[JSeery]

My thinking was that that a high performance intake doesn't match up well the latter full vacuum advance dist. I would think anyone interested in the intake manifold would also upgrade the distributor, but just guessing.

[tubman]

Originally Posted by JSeery

My thinking was that that a high performance intake doesn't match up well the latter full vacuum advance dist. I would think anyone interested in the intake manifold would also upgrade the distributor, but just guessing.

I agree with you on the need for an upgraded distributor for dual carbs. All in all, I think there would be better choices for an 8BA manifold. Compromises are, after all compromises. As to Ford or Mercury, the only truly Mercury manifolds are the 4 bolt factory ones for the later 4" stroke engines.

[flatjack9]

One hole would be for oil fill and the other for the road draft tube. The road draft tube would need some kind of baffle.

[Ol' Ron]

You have to understand that this is an economy move by the manufacture. Offy does the same thing with several of it's intakes. They make one casting, then machine it for the application. In this case it was not ment for the 49-53 engine. I use one of the Offy 4bl intakes on an 8BA block, using the crankcase boss for the PVC fitting. I put oil in the old fuelpump stand. I run an electric fuel pump, but I see no reason you couldn't use a stock on with some modification.

[Tony, NY]

New Navarro intakes are made like that. Fit early or late. Need machining.
http://reds-headers.net/index.php?ma...roducts_id=682

[tubman]

Originally Posted by Tony, NY

New Navarro intakes are made like that. Fit early or late. Need machining.
http://reds-headers.net/index.php?ma...roducts_id=682

If you look closely a the Navarro manifold, you can see that it appears to have a passage cast across the front that would seem to mate with the vertical pipe in the right front of the valve chamber. If this is so, then this manifold, if drilled out properly, would function like a stock manifold in regards to engine breathing. Too bad there is not a picture of the bottom of the manifold.