[DeTomaso] The Most Unusual 351c Weber Maniold

[clark griswold]

hmmm...interesting. Well Julian I wasnt familiar with the history of Cain,
but thanks for the background. I did choose the IDF format for the
streetability benefits, and they were a little less expensive in the fuel
injection dept. I have an EFI setup that i want to run on the pantera. Its
48mm so the overall air flow should really be the same idea as the more
widely used IDA's.  Yes i know that volkswagens use IDF carbs...haha...that
might be where i got started with them. Anyway, I dont know what they mean
by 302-351c, but i can say that when i bought the 302 manifold that the
downdraft IDF''s are currently installed on, it too was referred to as a
302-351w manifold. I thought the same thing, i even asked several times, why
is it called that?.... When a 351w and a 302 are completely different deck
heights and intakes. They said it would fit, Basically it was "styled" after
the 351w, but it does fit a 302...just fine. Its never been run but it fits
the little motor perfect. I was gonna run it on my sunbeam Tiger and decided
I didnt want to cut the firewall. so, long story short, if i can get my
hands on a 351c IDF intake, im ready to go. Well and i stil l need the
harness and management, but thats another topic. The IDF's i thought were
slightly less desirable, so i thought getting ahold of one  wouldnt be that
tough, but it sounds like i might have been wrong. I will keep my eyes open.
There is a company in australia that makes an adapter that will allow  using
an IDF carb/TB on an IDA intake. While it probably functions fine, it doesnt
look right to me. Its a sort of spacer adapter and it realigns the two
different bore centerlines for the IDF format. blue thunder and some of
these companies I assume get all their manifolds from the same place,
because most of them are on backorder. But they did say they were expecting
to get some soon.

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>wrote:

> The K351c-IDF is listed as a Ford 302 -351 manifold, the two being very
> different?
>
> The only 351C IDF manifold I know of is that previously made by Cain in
> Australia. The beauty of such a beast is that using it and 48 IDF carbs
> (more streetable than the IDA's) it all fits under the Pantera decklid.
>
> A while back Aussie Speed purchased the rights to the Cain manifold and
> were going to reproduce it, when I contacted them in December they said call
> back in February and I must admit I haven't got back to them yet.
>
> Julian
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> > btw, if anyone has a Cleveland IDF format manifold ( yes they make one of
> > those too) I would be interested in purchasing. I have an IDF format 302
> > manifold that is brand new I would be happy to trade. They cost about the
> > same on the open market, or at least they do from the sources I've found,
> > but the cleveland manifold is out of stock at the moment from the sources
> > checked.
> >
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> > For reference you can see the K351c-IDF manifold at this site:
> >
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> > http://www.carburetion.com/weber/wildv8.asp
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