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I would contact Carl @ CFE (810) 773-6310, or Keith Wilson (954) 771-6216. Both do great work. Carl's new intakes have billet runners that are CNC'd. This makes them extremely consistant, and very strong. I've used intakes from both, and they are excellent companies to work with. Nothing wrong with HRE, Hogan, Self, or any of the other guys.

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Come on Craig, you know you can't be using sheet metal intakes and a worked 1250 Dominator on a 598" boat motor! The real secret is a dual plane and holley 850 :rolleyes: Well maybe a 950 since that's probably all the air the "calculator" spits out your motor needs..... :p :p That and a single pattern hydralic roller will give you at least another 30 ft/# of torque at 3000.... you know, right where its needed:D :D

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Hughs racing builds probably the best manifolds for specific applicattions. HRE manifolds

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You forgot the oval port heads and the rev limiter.

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I assumed he was going to be keeping the peanut ports and lets not forget the merc manifolds... :p :p

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Better yet put a divider pan on it with a 5 stage pump. That's worth about 70HP. Of course the oil changes get expensive with those 5 gallon tanks.

Chris

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Chris,
What would the estimated $$ of that type of system be? What is the drawback, if any on a marine application and at what RPM does the system really pay off?

Craig

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Craig,
Welll, around $4 to $4500" when it was all said and done. You wouldn't have to go to the extreme of a a divider pan but you could if you want. The only draw back to a dry sump is cost. After that everything is positve. From idle on up especiall with the big stroke stuff. Bearing life, oil temp, ring seal, everything is improved.

The new 07' vette will be a dry sump engine. For the power it will put out and for reliability sakes, it had to be.

Chris

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There sure is a lot of cool stuff out there! Those Wilson intercooled sheet metal intakes are very wild looking!! Are those for a Pro charger or other similar type of blower application?

Craig

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The only downside I've ever seen with a dry sump system is physically fitting them into certain locations. Everything else is 100% positive. We've actually gone as far as to move the tank locations to affect the CG.