Just my thoughts about the corvette exhaust manifold. I read the Mcgurk article about 10 years ago and wanted to build my 261 like the street version.
I had a set of fentons on my rebuilt engine (not installed in my 40 chev yet)and ran into a corvette manifold for sale, they are very rare here in southern california. I bought it on the spot.
After installing it I realized how much it hugs the block, doesn't take up as much space as the fenton. Looks very clean.
I installed 2.5" pipes with 27" blue streak glass packs back to the bumper. For a street driver it sounds so good and I have been very happy with this set up. I am going to ceramic coat the manifold this winter.
I have a 3 pot McGurk intake but have not installed it, I have been running a polished offy.
I reccomend the corvette manifold to those who just want to have fun and look a little different from all of the fentons out there.
BH
