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PostPosted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 8:40 pm 
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ok so whats the lowdown on whats what with the different intakes ( tall, short, straight, offset, space saver, big beef, etc. ) and which ones are best to use?

also is there a certain brand that better than the others?

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 9:25 pm 
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I run big beef off sets that way you have enough meat to cut out to match your heads and the off set lets your carburator linkage be straight across from one another.I bought mine from CB performance. 8)

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Same here. Big Beefs, match ported.

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the taller they are the more throttle response u have


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Taller is suppost to mean more tourque, other than thatthe bigger and straighter, the better

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thanks for the input guys ive got a new set of the short sraight intakes with place to drill and tap for nos but i guess i need to find me some of the big beef tall offset intakes so that i can have them port matched to the Street Eliminator heads i traded for

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