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I'm not familliar enough with a Contemporary with no scoop to say whether it will fit or not. I don't think the FE will fit without it but I dunno. Your build is straight forward enough, all FE's are the same save a few idiosincrocies in the side oiler. My impression of the 1x4 intake is generally poor. I have a few photos in my gallery of an intake swap I did on the Batmobile my 427 center oiler powered Barris Kustom. It had an Edelbrock F-427 on it that is directly patterned after the ford lowrise unit. I wouldn't use the ford unit for a couple reasons. The first is it is 43 years old and will be likely to exibit casting porosity or fitment issues leading to reduced performance, oil consumption or water leakage. The second is the early pattern 427 intakes were not terribly robust performing.

I found upon freshening that the 427 Medium Rise heads on the Batmobile were extensively ported and polished. The F-427 seemed solid enough but I suspected it wouldn't port out to the dimensions I needed. I opted instead for the Edelbrock RPM Performer. The only change I made was match porting the intake to the heads but I picked up an easy 50 hp over the F-427.

I was pretty curious why this was and this is what I found. If you want a "stock" manifold go find a 428 CJ unit. Get rid of the early 427 lowrise or opt for the RPM Performer. In this mild comparison it netted 30 hp over the stock intake / F-427 pattern. I similarly needed hood clearance for the new intake. Here's what I did...



http://www.network54.com/Forum/74182...nifold+Comparo

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