![]() 05/31/2017 at 20:39 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
Saw this truck this weekend. Clifford Performance parts. Any comments? Looks a little like what my van’s engine compartment might wind up looking like, but there’s something that strikes me as slightly cheezy about all of this.
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I will be very happy when the “patina”fad has passed. I like a good original vehicle too, but faking rust? That’s just stupid.
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the bright yellow color?......
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Common for people trying to get more power out of the 300-I6. The stock intake manifold doesn’t flow well, and a single carb can’t supply an equal fuel mixture to all 6 cylinders.. He upgraded the master cylinder to a dual reservior unit,(which is good, if there’s a component failure he won’t loose all the brakes). I could do without the chrome valve cover myself.
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I have a clifford single 4 barrel intake on my 300. I would say use Offy unless you plan on going all Clifford parts. They make it so pretty much only their parts fit with their parts.
I am using the stock exhaust manifold (because turbo) and I had to grind and cut and file the intake to fit with it. Apparently it is a common thing for them to try to get you to buy their parts by doing this. Kinda pissed me off. But Offy intakes were on back order for like a year at the time I was looking.
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The parts, mainly. I thought the Clifford stuff just looked kind of flimsy, somehow.
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Interesting. My application is a ‘71 250 GMC. I haven’t been able to find a good Offenhauser source for that engine.
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I am feeling more inclined to try this intake with a pair of 1-bbl Rochesters than the big dual quad Clifford setup.
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Did you leave the engine otherwise stock? Cam, and so on? Did the carb gain you any performance or efficiency by itself?
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It actually had a pretty nasty Crane Cam in it, I also upgraded the springs to doubles. Other than that, nothing.
I have the FiTech 600 power adder EFI soon mine. The difference is night and day coming from the old single barrel Webber. Runs better, starts easier, etc.