The Changes

1- Spark plug boot covers- the boots were burning because they were so close to the headers. Plus the Taylor wire boots are HUMONGOUS! If they had been stock sized they would never have burned.

2- Vintage Edelbrock Torker Scorpion single plane air gap intake. Yes... yes... single plane. 3 reasons. A) It makes power in the higher RPM range and since I have a 2 speed Powerglide that I'm not intending to replace yet... well... that's where I'll live. B) It has a built in oil servicing neck that most new intakes don't come with and I need that because my original valve covers don't have a port... nor do I intend on cutting them up to make one. C) It was FREE... so bite me.

3- 750 CFM Edelbrock carb. I rebuilt it, tuned it with a kit and added an electric choke kit. The carb was 50 bucks plus what I spent for the rebuild and tunning kits and the choke. The carb came with the free intake. 750 CFM is a little large but since the secondaries don't open unless you're in full throttle and then only open on vacuum demand... odds are that my little 300HP engine won't be using all 750 cfm anyways. So it should be alright.

4- A newer larger air cleaner that will do for now. When I use up the first element I'll probably buy a high end cleanable... like K&N or something.