TFS PRE-Production, aka Mafia manifold

Lem Evans wrote:I didn't see any wops working on the manifold

Maybe it was the Pizza and the cheap wine!

The one I have is going on a 521 with dove-A block, scjb heads, frpp rotating assembly, .718 lift crane cam. We will base line the engine with an unported victor, then switch to the mafia. This engine hasn't been dynoed in the past, so we don't know the HP. The car ran 9.22@ 149 and weighs in at 3000#. will be a couple months till we can get to the dyno, the block is at the Mach shop having 4 bolt caps installed

Hey Lem,
my emails have been bouncing back. Have you got any details on a shipping date for one coming to Australia for me?
Regards,
Sean.

Lem Evans wrote:I didn't see any wops working on the manifold

Charlies not a Daygooooooo????

bbcoupe wrote:Hey Lem,
my emails have been bouncing back. Have you got any details on a shipping date for one coming to Australia for me?
Regards,
Sean.

it was shipped about a week ago.....you should see it soon. Thanks.

Lem Evans wrote:

bbcoupe wrote:Hey Lem,
my emails have been bouncing back. Have you got any details on a shipping date for one coming to Australia for me?
Regards,
Sean.

it was shipped about a week ago.....you should see it soon. Thanks.

Thanks Lem.
Great, look forward to it.
Sean.

Lem, do you know if TFS got to making a gasket for this intake? Thanks.

I'm not Lem, so I may be speaking out of turn. However, if you use a regular CJ intake manifold gasket, just trim the port opening to match with an X-acto knife or razor blade.

Charlie

c.evans wrote:I'm not Lem, so I may be speaking out of turn. However, if you use a regular CJ intake manifold gasket, just trim the port opening to match with an X-acto knife or razor blade.

Charlie

yep, works real good, not every part in the hotrod world is a bolt on.................

Thanks guys, just wanted to check as I read on this post a while back that TFS was going to make one.

I been thinking about buying one of these intakes and my heads are felpro CJ gasket matched ,does this mean i will have to open the intake port up even more ?

No.

my tfs street heads had a cj match on them, the mafia intake fits damn good like it is with no trimming. My P51 heads have the "mafia" port match, this makes trimming the gasket a given.

on a cj port match just use the cj gaskets and bolt it on............no big deal...................

Thanks Lem, can't wait till it gets here.

I got my intake last night. Thanks Lem and everybody who helped develop this intake. It is a very nice intake.

I have a question on the intake. It has bosses in the back by the rear water ports. What are those bosses for?

Answer,

They are water bosses in case you want to run rear coolant lines.

Hope this helps,

Charlie

thanks for all the work on the intake, it is a nice piece.

AL Q wrote:The manifold arrived today, looks real nice! thanks Lem, will be sure to let you know how the dyno session goes in a couple months.

Got any updates on this, thanks

sorry, meant got any updates on the intake swap

I would say Lem has them in stock now.

In stock. They are production pieces now.

Lem Evans wrote:In stock. They are production pieces now.

AL Q wrote:The one I have is going on a 521 with dove-A block, scjb heads, frpp rotating assembly, .718 lift crane cam. We will base line the engine with an unported victor, then switch to the mafia. This engine hasn't been dynoed in the past, so we don't know the HP. The car ran 9.22@ 149 and weighs in at 3000#. will be a couple months till we can get to the dyno, the block is at the Mach shop having 4 bolt caps installed

The manifold arrived today, looks real nice! thanks Lem, will be sure to let you know how the dyno session goes in a couple months..

any updates on the dyno session or change in the cars e.t /mph

Ran the car this past season with the new intake, no change in mph, but 9.16 et. 1.22 60' from 1.28 no other changes.