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Fuel Injection for Chevy 383
Ivan - 26/5/12 at 08:12 AM

Would like to add fuel injection to my Chevy 383 motor.

Am thinking of using this cross ram manifold with injectors added in a row to the top of the valley between runners and then something like 100 mm Long X 50mm Diam ram tubes into two plenums strong enough to withstand full engine vacuum, fed by 2 X 75+mm throttle bodies sucking cold air from somewhere suitable.



I would use individual throttle bodies if I could get some around 48 - 50 mm Diameter second hand for a good price, but that might be real hard to do here in SA (need 8) and anyway linkage gets real complicated. I don't think I will lose much power anyway and will not notice any torque or response differences between the two systems.

A check on two engine modelling programs shows an approximately 20% power gain over a two plane manifold with Holley Carb, plus I believe I might get some significant fuel savings at normal cruising speeds (Under 2000 RPM), That should see me well over 500 BHP

Any thoughts or guidance would be welcome.


Canada EH! - 26/5/12 at 05:11 PM

Manifolds like that originaly were designed for the Corvette Grand Sports with 50mm Side draft Webers. The manifold was designed by Zora Arkus Duntov.