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Originally Posted by bill dedman
Not 100% certain, but I have always heard that Ralph Ridgeway's car had the first "working" tunnel ram intake. I remember that his '55 won a lot, back then. That intake manifold could be part of the reason...
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Bill possibly the first working small block tunnel ram.
I would say this was the first successful one though:
http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicl.../photo_02.html
Also the Pontiac SD 421/405 used a form of common plenum manifold.
http://media.photobucket.com/image/S...tachment-2.jpg
Ridgeway's car was about the only C/MP at Indy in the mid 60's that wasn't using a crossram at that time, and he was always the fastest, using inline carbs.
Notice how the SS/AH cars are getting more and more that way . LOL