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73 Charger 440 Rb Hood Clearance help.

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What intakes can be used with bulge hood?
Best performance option- trying to get 600+ hp. Please help. Was looking at TF top end kit with track heat intake.

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I know some folks are more optomistic than others, but 600+ horse is a good bit to attain without power adders. I cant see from your pic how you are getting that power to the ground, but fitting it under the hood is def going to be a challenge. Is this fuel injected?? A Dominator is not easy to hide....
 
Have a Edlebrock Torker II on my 74 440 RR. Coming off this week to install dual snorkel air cleaner which is 1” taller than the 2 1/2” aftermarket in the photo. That is how tight it is.

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I know some folks are more optomistic than others, but 600+ horse is a good bit to attain without power adders. I cant see from your pic how you are getting that power to the ground, but fitting it under the hood is def going to be a challenge. Is this fuel injected?? A Dominator is not easy to hide....
E85 turbo!
 
You might get away with a street dominator intake but I highly doubt a track heat or any other tall intake will clear.Maybe a performer rpm intake with a drop base air filter and a short air cleaner.
Years ago I cut a hole in a stock flat hood and used a bolt on (riveted) six pak scoop on mine for the clearance I needed with a tall filter.
 
440 with a performer RPM with a stock air cleaner barley fits under a bulge hood. There is a tab that sticks out in the center towards the rear that I had to bend up to clear. I would just trim it off if your hood is not finished. Circled in this pic.

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440 with a performer RPM with a stock air cleaner barley fits under a bulge hood. There is a tab that sticks out in the center towards the rear that I had to bend up to clear. I would just trim it off if your hood is not finished. Circled in this pic.

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And it definitely doesn’t fit with a Torker and stock air cleaner.
 
1-Torque 2- front maximum height of 4.08 inches and a rear maximum height of 4.63
inches,
2-The Edelbrock Performer RPM intake manifold -typically has a height around 5.35 inches.
3- Street Dominator -For Chrysler big blocks, the front height is 4.13 inches and the rear height is 5.25 inches

So looking at dimensions and it looks as if 5.35 is my max with a conventional filter.

Any thoughts on the 3 if you think one is better than another?
 
With a bulge hood, you can run any of common 4bbl hi rise intakes. It will come down to what air cleaner you put on top of it, if it has a dropped base, and how tall a filter you put in it.
 
With a bulge hood, you can run any of common 4bbl hi rise intakes. It will come down to what air cleaner you put on top of it, if it has a dropped base, and how tall a filter you put in it.
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Any pix of this motor as assembled thus far??
Not back from machine shop yet, trying to get game plan for heads and intake match
With a bulge hood, you can run any of common 4bbl hi rise intakes. It will come down to what air cleaner you put on top of it, if it has a dropped base, and how tall a filter you put in it.
When you say common, any height dimensions? What have you used
 
Before I comment on intake selection I would want to know the rest of the engine setup , Cam,compression,heads,etc as well as the rear gear and what stall the converter is.

That being said it is hard to beat a performer rpm intake for most street cars (especially a heavy one).
 
When you say common, any height dimensions? What have you used

I have used the Eddy Performer, Eddy Torker, Weiand Team G, and Eddy Performer RPM. I named these in height order ....generally from lowest to tallest. Again... fitting them just depends on what air cleaner, air cleaner base, and filter height you use. It's not difficult.
 
You are more than likely not going to be able to use a stock air cleaner.
 
I'm curious about the OP's goal of 600hp while using a dual plane intake manifold. 99% of my aftermarket hotrod experience is with SBC's and I've never seen a dual plane intake support what he is trying to achieve. I've never ran a Performer RPM but I've had engines with performers and they have usually been on par with a factory performance dual plane. I saw a Team G was mentioned and they are pretty good performers with a decently built engine but not a dual plane. Is it feasible to expect 500hp plus with a dual plane on a 440? I'm just thinking out loud but, 600hp is a pretty respectable # and I would think to get there the engine's build needs would have to be the priority and figuring how to make it fit would be the secondary issue. Again, I come from a small CID platform that likes RPM's so I could be totally wrong, what do you think?
 
600hp is doable with enough compression,head flow,and camshaft. While it is at the upper end of streetability it is doable.

A performer rpm will support that and if it is ported even better. Something like trick flow or well ported Edelbrock heads will get you there. 10.5-1 and a cam in the 240's @ .050 should do it. Hyd roller,solid flat tappet or solid roller. You may get there with a hyd flat tappet but the others will do it easier.

You can make 550 pretty easy but with the right parts it is achievable without being too high strung. 500hp is plenty for most people,especially if they are coming from an engine with 400hp at best previously.
 
600hp is doable with enough compression,head flow,and camshaft. While it is at the upper end of streetability it is doable.

A performer rpm will support that and if it is ported even better. Something like trick flow or well ported Edelbrock heads will get you there. 10.5-1 and a cam in the 240's @ .050 should do it. Hyd roller,solid flat tappet or solid roller. You may get there with a hyd flat tappet but the others will do it easier.

You can make 550 pretty easy but with the right parts it is achievable without being too high strung. 500hp is plenty for most people,especially if they are coming from an engine with 400hp at best previously.
large CID engines definitely have their advantages. I was sure you could get to those numbers and still be streetable, just wasn't sure you could do so with a dual plane intake. It would be hard to do so on a SBC but with a 440 it doesn't need to turn anywhere near as fast to get there. thanks
 
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