Moving on to the single plane edelbrock victor jr. Does that make it better.
Radical Dual Plane Intake Modifications Don Terrill S Speed
Single plane vs dual plane intake. An hvh brodix dual plane along with an hvh brodix sp1 single plane intake. The classic intake battle between the racy single plane and the dynamic dual plane usually ends up looking something like this. Unfortunately for the single plane the mild 351w combination was. A dual plane manifold has a split opening in the plenum area directly below the carburetor mounting pad. Each side of the opening feeds four cylinders on a v8 engine. Do you know the difference between a single and dual plane intake manifold.
A single plane intake will flow more air than a dual plane intake for the same engine. A dual plane intake manifold has two separate plenums that each feed only four cylinders while a single plane intake manifold has a single open plenum that feeds all eight cylinders. I now have 1 open carburetor spacers so the leftright side of intake is now mixed between rightleft just under the carburetor. It has a 180 degree firing order hence the dual plane single plane has 90 degree firing order for good lower rpm driving. Single plane manifolds have a single intake opening into the plenum and feeds all 8 cylinders directly. It has an rpm range of 1500 6500 that suits my cam selection perfect.
Some years ago june 2012 we did a dyno test of a small block mopar 408 see our dyno test 19. I was wondering about the effect of an open vs. Divided carburetor spacer on a dual plane intake manifold. One thing about this intake is it is not a true dual plane design. We called high velocity heads and they supplied a pair of intakes for the test. In my case i have a dual plane intake manifold where the intake runners leftright are separated.
In about 90 of the cases thats a big no good buddy. This engine produced 630hp with a single plane intake and 580 with a dual plane. Edelbrock is here to clear that up and make sure you have the correct manifold for your application and use. Torque production with the dual plane exceeded 400 lb ft from 3800 rpm to 5100 rpm making for a broad usable torque curve. Intake the peak horsepower output jumped to 441 horsepower at a slightly higher 6500 rpm but peak torque dropped to 405 lb ft at again higher 5000 rpm. The dual plane is a high velocity piece.
In fact in 90 of the cases a dual plane intake will outperform a single plane. The plenum divider has a cut out right below the carburetor.
Gallery of Single Plane Vs Dual Plane Intake
