: Doug, have you ever made a similar manifold for
: the back 3 cylinders? I live in Central Fla
: where cold weather drivibity has never been
: a problem. It just don,t seem to me the the
: back section with the heat riser intack has
: very good flow characteritics. I read an
: artical someone posted about welding a plate
: under the intake manifold and running hot
: water though it. Should be plenty of heat
: for down here. It rarely gets below 30
: degrees here. It also seems like the exhaust
: pipe routing would be alot easier, going
: over the starter. What do you think?

: Yes, with the latest version of the Dutra
: casting, we can set-up the manifold to be
: used on the rear 3 cylinders.
:
: There are a number of dis-advantages to this,
: you named most of the issues such as no carb
: heat, no auto choke "stove pocket"
: and starter clearance. The new
: "mini-starter" allows pretty good
: clearance, the larger "old"
: starter is in a little closer and makes pipe
: routing more difficult.
:
: I have this "dual duals" set-up on my
: drag car now and I will do some testing
: these weekend. I will letyou know how it
: flows.
: DD

: So how much for these fine manifolds??
:
: Chris

: Im with chris on this one, how much for the
: manifolds, is there a NICE GUY discount? Or
: a, trade value? just kidding, but I do have
: a clifford 4brl intake ill trade ya, lol
:
: Doug, let us know, were interested

: The price that Mr. Dutra quoted me recently was
: $225.
:
: I have a Dutra casting on the front, and a
: modified factory manifold on the rear, but I
: like the idea of "Dual Dutra
: Duals". The only thing that really
: concerns me is the loss of carb heat. It
: might not be a big deal here in Texas, but
: this car is my daily ride, and I'm well
: acquainted with "Murphy's Law"!
: LOL
:
: But, I'll bet that there is a way to compensate
: for the loss of carb heat. I'm going to save
: up for one of these manifolds anyway.
:
: Wes '78 Volare

: Wes,
:
: One way to compensate for the loss of heat is
: to use Clifford's water heated 4bbl
: manifold. I haven't tried one yet, but it
: seems like a nice unit.
:
: Lou