[Diy_efi] (no subject)

[Rick McLeod]

but are these late center bolt, that is the issue, as
the TPI is designed to mount to the center bolt heads,
not the permiter bolt on pre-84ish heads.

--- "Jason M." <galaxiecustom500 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> As I recall the chevy intake is narrower then the
> oldsmobile so you might be 
> able to make an adapter to use it on the oldsmobile
> block.
> 
> Pretty sure the 403 is a "small block," which on the
> Oldsmobile the 
> essential difference between a small and big block
> is just the deck height 
> of the block.
> 
> I do happen to have two caprices in the driveway,
> one with a small block 
> chevy the other with a small block oldsmobile. 
> Could get some measurements 
> to see if it's possible to adapt.
> 
> The one good thing is the intake ports and coolant
> cross over have a 
> similiar arrangement as the chevy.  The distributor
> also is not mounted to 
> the intake, it's on the back of the block.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rick McLeod" <dunvegan at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 10:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diy_efi] (no subject)
> 
> 
> > I'm not familiar w/ the Old's block (I'm quite
> > familiar w/ the TPI, currently own 2 and did a
> > conversion w/ a third), but my first question
> would
> > be:
> > Can a late center-bolt head style intake manifold
> be
> > matched up to it, as they have a slightly
> different
> > arrangement for the angle of the bolts from the
> > manifold into the heads. 

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