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Ed, the RamChargers intake manifold was long pipes, not a stack between the carb and aircleaner. By the way, I think the years were 61-63. A friend had one and I had the 61 Catalina with the 3 duces and four on the floor. He kept wanting to huliminate be, but I wouldn't give him a chance, I knew he would win. I did get a little even though when he had to change spark plugs which was every couple thousand miles. The intake and exhaust manifolds both had to come off to get at the plugs. I think it was the 62 model that they finally put a series of holes in the inner finder and you could take off the front wheels and use a long extention to get at the plugs that way. Service engineering at its best.
The reason for the long reaches was to get an even draw through the carb. On a single four on a conventional manifold, there were short and long paths to the valves, so there was an uneven flow through the carb giving some cylinders a better charge than others. The RamCharger intakes were like headers that all paths were equal in length, in theory, They were closer than the carb on top, but still slightly longer paths in the to two outer cylinders.
Ah, the good old days. I was on my apprenticeship as was my friend. We both were able to buy new cars like those on $3.50 an hour. Of course, we still lived with our parents then.
Kind of strayed away from the topic. Sorry.
Don
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