Exotic Induction Systems on cars youve owned

[FlyVintage]

A friend of mine turned up yesterday with the Chrysler Long Ram induction system I d purchased in the USA and intended to fit on my current project, a Jensen C-V8. Of course I d made many measurements and managed to convince myself that it should fit, but you never know till you actually try. As it turns out, the car could ve been designed specifically for it (it wasn t).

I m a sucker for an exotic induction system, even though the reality is that the extra complexity is rarely worth the effort in actual performance (let s not introduce too much common sense though).

It got me thinking of the previous exotic induction systems I ve had on cars; below are some of mine.

What exotic induction systems have you had on your classics?





Lamborghini Jarama with 6 Weber DCOE





Intermeccanica Torino with dual Holleys





Pontiac Firebird Sprint with Quadrajet - circa 1982 so pretty exotic for me back then

Edited by FlyVintage on Monday 11th May 20:23

[aeropilot]

FlyVintage said:

After friend of mine turned up yesterday with the Chrysler Long Ram induction system I d purchased in the USA and intended to fit on my current project, a Jensen C-V8. Of course I d made many measurements and managed to convince myself that it should fit, but you never know till you actually try. As it turns out, the car could ve been designed specifically for it (it wasn t).

I m a sucker for an exotic induction system, even though the reality is that the extra complexity is rarely worth the effort in actual performance (let s not introduce too much common sense though).

It got me thinking of the previous exotic induction systems I ve had on cars; below are some of mine.

What exotic induction systems have you had on your classics?

Blimey, not many of those here in the UK.......and as you say, perfect fit as well.
I assume you got the matching exhaust manifolds, and heat/cooling gubbins to go with them.....and the manifold spring pits are not burnt out?

[FlyVintage]

aeropilot said:

Blimey, not many of those here in the UK.......and as you say, perfect fit as well.
I assume you got the matching exhaust manifolds, and heat/cooling gubbins to go with them.....and the manifold spring pits are not burnt out?

I do have some of the bits, but don t plan on using them as it was a weakness of the original design. I m looking at converting to water heating much like some of the short rams and probably a selectable carb heat intake; much the same as on carb inducted light aircraft.

Edited by FlyVintage on Monday 11th May 20:21

[aeropilot]

As for exotic induction, 10 years ago, at a swap meet in the USA, I saw this, and I would have loved to have bought this rare, and NOS Moon cross-ram DCOE kit to bolt onto my sbc, but alas, it was not cheap........

[darreni]

Here's mine, not that exotic as it's standard, but it does work well;

[Skyedriver]

Exotic? I'm not sure, Complex? yes. Necessary? What's wrong with a good old downdraft Weber....

[Mark A S]

Some VERY cool "stuff" on here

Sadly, this set up never worked, induction system from an RS200


And a more "traditional" set up on my last Lotus sunbeam