Old School - Intake Shoot Out

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Well being its a DD and that xe292 cam they used with AFR 185 heads with the gt40 intake made i think 450/450, but basically i'm looking at the intake supporting those n/a numbers with a larger cam, if it supported the hp numbers with the larger cam, it will hold my dd needs with any cam smaller than that. I feel basically the intake will hold my chosen rpm band.Giving up the upper 6000rpms for the torque curve i want on the street.
 
i agree run the ported cobra intake your 363 will be a torque monster. Why move the power up the rpm band if you dont race it. IMO i would put as much area under the curve as possible. That will make a really fun street car.
 
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That is the $64,000 question!!!

So custom grind is on the table obviously cause it's a torque build but I'm also considering the xe270-12, tfs 1. Here is goody_seven's dyno from another site with a 331 AFR205 with 3.55's using the xe270-12 with 1.6 rockers, so only .512 lift and not .544 with 1.7's with that cam. Also had high rpm intake but the torque powerband is pretty appealing. This is rwhp_rwtrq also.

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Engine talk aside what transmission are you planning to hold all this together with? You are shooting for an engine that will make 400+ to the wheels. How are you going to get that to the ground? Don't dare say t5.
 
Engine talk aside what trans are you planning to hold all this together with? You are shooting for an engine that will make 400+ to the wheels. How are you going to get that to the ground? Don't dare say t5.
I know right, gonna' try and figure that out as I'm going. The build will be possibly be done by the spring, so I'm looking for a deal or options. What is the min and max of my choices now that you recommend??