Repro Tripower Intakes
July 7th, 2008, 10:16 AM
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Repro Tripower Intakes
I just ran across an ad on ebay. The Parts Place is casting reproductions of the L69 tripower intake for the BBO. Now, I have no first-hand knowledge of the item or the quality, but their ad includes photos that claim to be the mold and a prototype intake. Production manifolds are claimed to be available in 90 days at $795. I guess I'll withhold judgment until I see one, but I'm amazed that they think there's enough demand to pay back the tooling investment. I have seen their repro W-30 intakes and you can tell it's not original.
July 7th, 2008, 03:46 PM
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Hi Joe, I've seen those ads too. But I think they've been running them for quite a while, at least 90 days. But I'm thinking more like 6 months. So I'm not sure what they are up to, judging interest? They're running them like an auction at a reduced price, trying to get enough orders for the first run?
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November 5th, 2009, 12:25 PM
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Tripower indeed!
Presuming you mean the *Tri-Carb* intake, I'm not positive, but I believe it never got off the ground.
November 5th, 2009, 01:25 PM
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November 5th, 2009, 01:49 PM
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Perhaps not completely unrelated, did anyone see this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1966-...Q5fAccessories
Pretty darned cool!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1966-...Q5fAccessories
Pretty darned cool!
November 5th, 2009, 02:10 PM
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Perhaps not completely unrelated, did anyone see this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1966-...Q5fAccessories
Pretty darned cool!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1966-...Q5fAccessories
Pretty darned cool!
November 5th, 2009, 02:54 PM
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That air cleaner is cool, but a "tribute/recreation" air cleaner?
The guys's got cloneophobia on the brain.
What "recreation" do you do with it, rack up the ***** on a pool table?
A couple of weeks ago on the Gearz TV show he was showing these triple carb conversion manifolds that bolt to the carb flange on the manifold.
I don't know if it's a new idea or not but it is three carbs.
I think he said they even fit on 2 barrel manifolds, more of a looks thing I would guess because they sure couldn't flow that well.
You can just run the center carb.
The Tri-Power and Ram-Air terms are used all the time for any 3x2 or outside air to intake set-up for any car, truck, boat, airplane or hovercraft.
Poncho still lives on, even if it's only in their terminology.
The guys's got cloneophobia on the brain.
What "recreation" do you do with it, rack up the ***** on a pool table?
A couple of weeks ago on the Gearz TV show he was showing these triple carb conversion manifolds that bolt to the carb flange on the manifold.
I don't know if it's a new idea or not but it is three carbs.
I think he said they even fit on 2 barrel manifolds, more of a looks thing I would guess because they sure couldn't flow that well.
You can just run the center carb.
The Tri-Power and Ram-Air terms are used all the time for any 3x2 or outside air to intake set-up for any car, truck, boat, airplane or hovercraft.
Poncho still lives on, even if it's only in their terminology.
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November 5th, 2009, 05:08 PM
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That air cleaner is cool, but a "tribute/recreation" air cleaner?
The guys's got cloneophobia on the brain.
What "recreation" do you do with it, rack up the ***** on a pool table?
A couple of weeks ago on the Gearz TV show he was showing these triple carb conversion manifolds that bolt to the carb flange on the manifold.
I don't know if it's a new idea or not but it is three carbs.
I think he said they even fit on 2 barrel manifolds, more of a looks thing I would guess because they sure couldn't flow that well.
You can just run the center carb.
The Tri-Power and Ram-Air terms are used all the time for any 3x2 or outside air to intake set-up for any car, truck, boat, airplane or hovercraft.
Poncho still lives on, even if it's only in their terminology.
The guys's got cloneophobia on the brain.
What "recreation" do you do with it, rack up the ***** on a pool table?
A couple of weeks ago on the Gearz TV show he was showing these triple carb conversion manifolds that bolt to the carb flange on the manifold.
I don't know if it's a new idea or not but it is three carbs.
I think he said they even fit on 2 barrel manifolds, more of a looks thing I would guess because they sure couldn't flow that well.
You can just run the center carb.
The Tri-Power and Ram-Air terms are used all the time for any 3x2 or outside air to intake set-up for any car, truck, boat, airplane or hovercraft.
Poncho still lives on, even if it's only in their terminology.
Yes, Tri-Power has become a "kleenex" generic term to some, but unlike the multi-make used "ram-air" term, Tri-Power *is* a Pontiac name and since Oldsmobile *does* have a name for it, I would think an true Olds guy would not want to perpetuate the generic use of another brand.
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