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Hi all,

I am considering removing the dual Carter/Weber carb setup & Fenton intake from my 261, and putting the single Rochester setup back on it. This would leave me with the stock 261 intake manifold and the Fenton exhaust manifold (I would like to keep the Fenton exhaust on there).

At the moment, the Fenton intake is heated via Langdon’s water adapter plate. I really would like to remove the water-heated setup, as it is just another potential point of failure (too much complexity). I’m trying to make things simpler under the hood.

If I decide to run my factory intake with no provision for heating it, what do you think I can expect as far as drive-ability?

If running without a heated intake will be an irritating problem, Is there a method to extract exhaust heat from a Fenton ex manifold to warm a stock intake? I drive this truck a lot- freeway, traffic, city, canyon roads…you name it.

There are two ports in the Fenton exhaust, but I don’t remember how these get plumbed for induction heating

Thanks for any advice,

Dave