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DionR said

Too funny. That's one of the things I love about the new Hemi. Purely an emotional reaction, but I really like it. I like it so much, I've thought about cutting up a Magnum beer keg intake and trying to duplicate it some.

I will say, I think one of the real technical advangements the new motors have is in the intakes. Some have dual runners for low and high rpm use, flow better than the old carb styles, and most are far lighter. At least, that's what I understand.

Not knocking your opinion, it just struck me as funny.

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I completely agree with you that the new designs are really the ticket. You can do a lot with technology and CAD design today to really optimize things and get the most out of any situation. I like the low profile look when the intakes nestle down between the heads really clean, but when there's a right angle tube off the front of the engine over to the side it just kind of breaks up the flow for me. The older engine bays just aren't really designed for an airbox to the side like that and having an open filter sitting there just seems a little weird to me. A filter straight off the front pleases my eye a little more, but there's not much room to do that in an A body at least.

The fun old school look I have was really a complete accident. Wasn't planning to swap back to EFI so soon after the carb swap, but couldn't let the deal on the computer pass by and I was having a hard time getting my carb dialed in anyway. I figure I'm probably about the only guy out there with an Indy ModMan set up for port injection with a 4 bbl throttle body on top on a 3G Hemi. Anyone with some sense would just stick with the factory manifold, but I already sold it, lol.