68 GT350 Intake questions

[J_Speegle]

bolt/stud/bolt/bolt/stud/bolt is correct

+1  Though I have a few odd balls but likely/possibly due to past owners or repair. Had a few dozen examples of the same pattern as you found

[Coralsnake]

Thank you Sir!

[shelbydoug]

bolt/stud/bolt/bolt/stud/bolt is correct

That was easy. Find a survivor non-Shelby with an aluminum intake. Go ahead. I double dare you.

[Coralsnake]

It only looks easy when you are a professional

[J_Speegle]

That was easy. Find a survivor non-Shelby with an aluminum intake. Go ahead. I double dare you.

Tunnel port?

[Bob Gaines]

That was easy. Find a survivor non-Shelby with an aluminum intake. Go ahead. I double dare you.

Tunnel port?

68 Shelby Trans Am team cars had tunnelports too.

[shelbydoug]

It only looks easy when you are a professional

Are you ranking on me again?  A Professional what?

[J_Speegle]

68 Shelby Trans Am team cars had tunnelports too.

Yes that was the direction I was heading

[shelbydoug]

68 Shelby Trans Am team cars had tunnelports too.

Yes that was the direction I was heading

Presuming you found a D code car, what are the odds you could find as Mr.Disher might say, "a survivor"?

I thought the "only" TP cars built were the first two Shelby T/A cars which were just renumbered 67 cars?

I [ersonally would pick something easier to find.

[Bob Gaines]

68 Shelby Trans Am team cars had tunnelports too.

Yes that was the direction I was heading

Presuming you found a D code car, what are the odds you could find as Mr.Disher might say, "a survivor"?

I thought the "only" TP cars built were the first two Shelby T/A cars which were just renumbered 67 cars?

I [ersonally would pick something easier to find.

5 68 TA cars were built . The 5 were not renumbered 67;s.

[shelbydoug]

68 Shelby Trans Am team cars had tunnelports too.

Yes that was the direction I was heading

Presuming you found a D code car, what are the odds you could find as Mr.Disher might say, "a survivor"?

I thought the "only" TP cars built were the first two Shelby T/A cars which were just renumbered 67 cars?

I [ersonally would pick something easier to find.

5 68 TA cars were built . The 5 were not renumbered 67;s.

That is not the information that I have but I am not prepared to debate that today.

As far as I know and what I was shown in pictures, the first two '68s are renumbered 67s with the engine code changed to D by KarKraft to comply with the 68 rules.

Granted there was some controversy on the first two that erupted here on this site (before the crash) but the pictures submitted by the then current owner seemed to support that perspective.

A total of 5 I don't know about. I presume that you mean 5 with D code Tunnelport 302's? However neither of these statements support the thread of finding a 68 small block with an original aluminum intake and studs used imounting UNLESS of course you have pictures of the engines right off of the assembly line?

Personally, I would like to see those. 

I'm finding it difficult however, to envision a scenario in which many would consider the production of the TP as a typical Ford engine assembly. I'm willing to learn and trying to keep an open mind. Certainly I'm not the expert that others pretend to be at times.

[Bob Gaines]

I do not think that a 302 Tunnelport was installed on the assemblyline.

[gt350shelb]

00212 in center

[gt350shelb]

[shelbydoug]

Here is a period picture of a 302 TP on a pallet at Smokey Yunic's shop. It doesn't look like it has been torn down or having any intake studs.


Phil. Those pics look identical to mine.