Originally Posted by acavagnaro

It'll be interesting to see how this performs. I have to believe there were more than a handful of these made and tested. Hell, you'd use up a few just in machining set-up. They likely had 5-ish parts they ran on the dyno and then scrapped them once the testing was done. I'd love to know how the two mentioned above 'made it out alive'!

Originally Posted by acavagnaro

I designed (and reverse engineered) various cylinder heads in the Detroit area in the '90's. If someone was interested in reproducing one of these cross-ram intakes to actually reverse engineer the performance (not just a visual representation), yes, silicone molds of the runners are the easiest/simplest way to go. This happens every day on various parts. Pull the solidified mold and scan that. What you get is (usually) point cloud data which can then be 'turned into' an actual 3D CAD model with surfaces. Depending on the quality of the scanner, it may be able to 'see' a good ways into the ports but it still relies on 'line of sight' so it won't get everything. If you really wanted to get serious about it (and didn't want to cut open an original part), MRI technology is used a lot today to 'see' inside castings. You're usually looking for porosity but it can give you a good view of interior compartments.
It'll be interesting to see how this performs. I have to believe there were more than a handful of these made and tested. Hell, you'd use up a few just in machining set-up. They likely had 5-ish parts they ran on the dyno and then scrapped them once the testing was done. I'd love to know how the two mentioned above 'made it out alive'!

Originally Posted by joe_padavano

I don't know where Kryta got his, but I found mine at the old performance parts swap meet at OCIR in about 1981. When OCIR shut down, that became the current Long Beach performance parts swap meet.