
Dear Pokie Okie,
I have a question for you. I'm trying to 'jury rig'/'redneck' a homegrown fuel injection manifold
for a Ron Shaver 360 Cu In, sprint car motor. I know the motor puts out 720 HP from the dyno
sheets. This is just all hypothetical....lol! Just for fun.
1) Couldn't I match up the latest and greatest Vic Edelbrock Drag Racing manifold for a 350
Cubic Inch Motor that came close to air flow characteristics needed for my Ron Shaver,
360 cubic in sprint car motor?
a) I'm sure a technical representative from Vic Edelbrock could help me out. I'm sure
he would call me an "OKIE". Let him know what you are trying to do, then just shoot yourself
to save emabarassment...lol!
2) Now, you got this drag racing 4 barrel Vic Edelbrock manifold sitting on top your Ron Shaver 720 HP,
360 cubic inch sprint car motor.
a) Now, what "Demon" alcohol carburetor fits the characteristics of this newly purchased
Vic Edelbrock Racing manifold?

Gut everything in the carburetor except for the base plate and butterflies. The linkage
will bolt up as regular to the accelerator pedal. We just want the calibrated carburetor
body and matching baseplate and butterflies for approximate calibration to run our Ron
Shaver 360 cu in/720 HP sprint car motor on Injected alcohol.
c) Now drill each intake runner on the Vic Edelbrock 4 barrel manifold, to point each
injector as close as possible to same location as a standard Hilborn Injector Manifold
that came with the Ron Shaver Motor, at the intake valves. You want the injectors to
point at the valves as close possible to the Hilborn injection setup that came with the Ron
Shaver 360 cubic inch racing motor.
3) Now, tap the holes and install the same injectors that came with the Ron Shaver Racing setup.
a) Run the same fuel pump, bypasses and pills that came with the Ron Shaver Motor. Just want to get
as close as possible to a standard Hilborn setup, but now with a "Okie" 4 barrel manifold with intake
runners drilled for 8 mechanical fuel injectors. The manifold is only used because it comes
closest to the air characeteristics needed by the Ron Shaver Racing Motor. Vic Edelbrock helped me
pick it out. And the Demon Carb Air Base/butterfiles control the exact amount of air need for this
particular/matching as close as possible racing situation/application for Ron's 360 cu inch motor.
4)) Bolt the lastest Nascar air cleaner to the gutted Demon Carburetor body.
5) Start the engine on a dyno and start dialing in the fuel injection system.
I would think this same strange stategy could be used on any motor with good results if you didn't
want to cast in a brand new mechanical fuel injection manifold for your particular motor. Just use
the closeset 4 barrel racing intake manifold and modify the flow characteristics/port the manifold as
necessary/required. Same with the matching racing 4 barrel carburetor for this manifold, only
using the body and butterflies and linkage. All the mechanical fuel injection parts would have
to come from another/similar motor that roughly matches the breathing and fuel requirements of your
motor.
Larry "O"

, Let's go racing!