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By 1961, the Chevy engineering team in charge of developing ... and a 180-degree high-rise aluminum intake manifold. The engineers actually developed four different prototype intakes for the ...

While those are indeed familiar big-block Chevy displacements ... AFB carburetor setup on an aluminum intake manifold, bringing the power rating up to 409 horsepower. It's also the year the ...

Throughout its history, Chevy has made some engines with ludicrously ... and a performance-tuned intake manifold, the LT-1 V8 was optimized for maximum power and efficiency. Its lightweight ...

In the following decade, that package was made available on the GM division's most popular models, like the Chevelle, Chevy II/Nova ... optional 360-hp Turbo-Fire 409 (6.7-liter).

Chevy also offered a 409-cubic-inch, bored and stroked version for the 1961 ... consisting of a 427-cubic-inch V-8 with cowl induction (for cooler, denser air), a two-piece intake manifold with two ...

Under the hood was a stroked 409 displacing 427 cubic ... 396 with a solid cam, aluminum intake manifold, and big port heads. Also available in the full-size Impala SS, it was rated 425 hp. Then, late ...

1961-1962 409 Chevy: At Chevrolet, and with full respect for the first 265-V8 1955 Chevys, the 409 Chevy that was available late in 1961 kicked off the Chevy muscle car craze. Already match racing ...

Toyota has TVIS and Fiat Chrysler has its own Active Intake Manifold found in big V8 Chargers, Challenger and Grand Cherokees. But these systems usually just contain a valve that diverts air from ...

Your intake manifold. It takes in air and sends it to your engine's combustion chamber. This is basically the start of the combustion process. After all, you can't have combustion without air.