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Originally Posted by chevyIIpost
This is not for me. This is for a customers project at Hot Rod Garage that I am involved in. It is a repeat customer of this shop and he wants to try fuel injection but has a tough budget number for a hilborn type system of $5-6K complete. The customer brought this to us and asked what we thought. I was trying to get feed back on the product. To answer your question Jody it is a 406 sml block 500/500 with a manual trans in a 55 chevy. I have already talked with Frank/Prodigy and got numbers for an Accell setup and a converted manifold. Frank shot me a great price and helped with some manifold info through his contacts. Thanxs Frank.
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With the IR setups like that Weber-based unit you have to pay attention to airflow. Many claim say 2000 cfm total airflow, but realize that's only 250 cfm per port. If you have a decent small block head that flows 300 cfm on the intake you can see how this would limit power. There is no "borrowing" available like with a normal open plenum manifold. So you have to pay attention and get the proper airblade size when looking at doing a higher hp build.
I had a 600 hp 406 with Hilborn 2 3/16" blades and it still pulled 2-3" of vacuum at wot, so even that size was a restriction. Those would dwarf the blades used in the Weber system. At 500 hp it should be okay, and the IR setups do make great low and mid-range torque, as well as look very good.
Frank can probably take care of you for even less with a system that won't have any airflow limits for your combo.
Jody