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intake manifold installed at Dana Chev in 1969
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Looks like an old "Grumpy" trick. He used to paint his engines black; claimed it helped dissipate heat.
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That is pretty damn cool... Removing the piece of aluminum that separates the primary and secondary openings on the intake manifold increases high end torque.
I thought the automatic tranny radiators had inlets for the tranny cooling lines?