Weird alum intake????

[Rex T.]

I was at the KYANA swap meet in Louisville today and saw a very weird intake. It appeared to be a Camaro Z-28 crossram for a single 4 barrell. The casting number of the base plate was 14031372 and it was NOS with the Winters snowflake. Someone had done a very nice job fabricating an aluminum lid that bolts onto the baseplate. I can only assume that the baseplate is for an early 80s crossfire injection system and someone has milled the plenum runners to almost nonexistent and added the single 4 barrell baseplate. It certainly looked very professional and nice, but will this actually work on a smallblock for street use? The ports looked very small. Has anyone else ever seen this done?

Thanks,
Rex

[Clem Z.]

there was a outfit on the web selling something

like that. i forget the name. maybe google "cross fire intake" and see what you find.

[Joe L.]

Re: Weird alum intake????

Rex-----

The GM CASTING #14031372 is the base manifold for 1982 and 1984 Corvettes with cross-fire injection. It was also used for some Camaros, too. The PART number for the manifold was GM #14044606 and, later, GM #14051016.

Will it actually work on a small block? No doubt, it will. Will it provide any significant benefit over a more conventional manifold? I doubt it. Would I use one? NEVER. PERIOD.

[Verle R.]

Re: Weird alum intake????

Rex,

The cross-fire intake will produce good low end torque but dies an early (low RPM)
death because of flow restriction by the small ports. They are not high performance parts.

Verle