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Well guys, I posted here awhile back about what intake to go with, well, I decided to go with a new Clifford 4brl.........I originally planned to go with Tom L's Cast Headers, but I found a set of used Clifford Truck Headers cheap and are using them instead. Anyhow, this Clifford Intake has the water heated base on it. I was wonder how you guys have plumbed yours up? I like to put shut offs on my lines to the heater core(Habit from running/wrenching on OTR trucks) and I shut them in the summer...........I guess my question is would that effect my carb settings? I really don't want to crawl around under the hood of my newly repainted truck re-adjusting them when I cock open the valve for heat to my heater core(And intake)..........Or would it be just worth it to run heat into it year around?


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it would be best if you ran the heat year round. there was just a post on this labeled "too much gas". tom


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One way that you could run permanent heat to the manifold and still shut off the heatercore in summer would be to T off the hose from the manifold to w.pump in 2 places and put a shut off between the T's. But then you would still need to have shut offs for the heatercore.

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I just finished adding heat to my Clifford intake. The install cost me about $35 and it solved my "Too Much Fuel" and sooting problem at low revs. I removed the 5/8 in. heater hose line completely. Then I replaced the straight nipple inlet just under the thermostat housing with a 90 degree nipple. I bought a 2 foot preformed 90 degree hose, trimmed it for fit and ran it up & over the thhermostat housing then into the forward side port of the intake manifold, again using a 90 degree nipple and adjusted it for a clean/smooth transition to the hose. Using the aft port in the intake manifold I installed a 90 degree nipple and used another preformed 90 degree hose 3 ft in length and trimmed it to fit and ran it around the back of the motor along the firewall and then into the 5/8 in. inlet to the heater core. Very clean install and it works like a champ. I don't know how to post a pix here so I will check to see if you have an email link and fwd you the pix. Good luck.

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6T4Duce, I’d be curious to see it…

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Ok, here are a few pix of the Deuce and the heated Clifford. Hope it works!







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