<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: WILMASBOYL78</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Back in the day a lot of folks ran the #163 on oval port motors...no issues, you just need to use the correct gaskets. Seems like it should work ok with your setup...give it a try and see how it runs.
That thing will need some good rubber and suspension to prevent sub-orbital flights [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img] </div></div>
"to prevent sub-orbital flights" That made me crack up...
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: EZ Nova</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I agree with Wilma, the 198/163 intake WITH the spacer will be fine with that. You won't lose any power at all.
Also, I would get an old mech fuel pump and just run it straight through to give it the look of the stock pump. I would run a holley RED pump since it doesn't need the reg, and at 97 GPH, it should feed that 502 fine as well. </div></div>
Of course you had to say the red pump. I got a blue one with the engine. I think I'll just throw a regulator and gauge on it instead of buying another pump. I'm planning on throwing a mech fuel pump for looks. We'll see how it looks with the air gap intake first. Might be a moot point...
I ordered an intake last night. After weighing out all the options, I settled on the Chevy Performance ZZ572 intake, but I'm still talking to Brodix to see if they might have a better option. Jegs was the only one that had the GM intake in stock that I could find. Everyone else had ship dates a month out. It's a rectangle port, single plane, air gap. So much for the day two look, but I think this will be the right intake for my combination. I ordered the gaskets they recommended for the intake.
http://www.jegs.com/i/Chevrolet-Perf...61161/10002/-1
