FE Ford questi

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Originally Posted by lorenr

Something similar happened on 460 fords used on jet boats. They used a standard 460 engine and added a Cobra Jet style intake manifold. The CJ intake ports being much larger than the small port cylinder heads. No one that took the engine apart could figure why there were not issues. However, the motor ran fine, in fact it made more power with the CJ setup than the standard four bbl manifold.

I'd do it. Probably be fine. The only problem I can see is that every time I've switched from 2-4's to a single 4 bbl on a good intake, I've made nearly the same power and it always ran better.

Lorenr

I had a 22' Donzi with an OMC 460 and King Cobra outdrive back in the day. You are absolutely correct about the intake manifold. It had the big port CJ intake and the smaller port heads with a huge mismatch. That was all factory as Ford built the marine 460. I believe they quoted a 20-30 hp with the CJ intake?