Offenhauser 360 Degree manifold

Is this a good one for a very mild SBC? It looks cool but will it work with the deep single plane runners?

Thanks, Tim

 

probably not, being a single plane.... how mild are you talking, stock internals?

 

Its a pretty crappy manifold overall. It only works ok in higher rpm and basically sucks in low and midrange.

 

Yep, for street driving you'd do better with a dual plane.

 

With a healthy performance engine, I'd use a single-plane intake on the street without any reservations.

I read an intake comparison in a book where single-plane and dual-plane intakes were tried on a healthy, big-inch rat motor on the dyno, and the single-plane had better low-end torque with the particular combination they were using.

Regardless, if I was looking to buy a single-plane intake, Offenhauser would be my last choice. They're not even trying to keep up with companies like Brodix and Dart, who left them behind in the '80s.

Dave
http://www.roadsters.com/

 

Thanks to all. I was afraid of that!

Terpu.

 

Here's the Brodix dual-plane intake on my mild 327 - http://www.roadsters.com/sbc/

Dave
http://www.roadsters.com/

 

I wouldn't use it for a stocker or a hot engine.it's no better than your stock sbc intake maybe worse and as for a built engine it's ,for the lack of a better word ~ dated.may look cool but not the best intake on the market by far

 

Hi, I am looking for some opinions on the use of the Offenhauser 360. I am putting a small V8 (sideways) on a bike and wondering if anybody thinks I can turn the carb 90 degrees on this single plane intake and if it might run OK. Maybe I need to cut out the web just under the carb. Let me know some thoughts. Thanks

 

The Offy isn't a single plane manifold - the left and right cylinder banks are separated.
More: http://victorylibrary.com/mopar/intake-tech.htm

 

Yep I ran this one on a mild cammed 9.7 to1 with humper heads and a 600 cfm carb it ran decent I'm sure the newer technology intakes are better but it ran pretty good.