The DOVE intake is actually a good intake for low end grunt and mid-range cruising. That D6VE had a spreadbore Carb on it. Could have been a 4350 model Autolite or a Holley Spredbore... it's scrap fodder in reality. That Streetmaster is just a single plane version of the S.P.2.P. (Dual plane), you really don't see many at all. WHY that one has such narrow ports? I have no idea... most other street masters I've had for other engines were not like that. I'd run the DOVE intake all day long. No, not all 385 series had guideplates, just the earlier ones. They went to pedestal rockers in 1973. '68-'71 Heads are the good ones. '73 was next gooder. Avoid '72s at all costs. D1VE casting in block was used until 1979 so you gotta go by the date code for actual year of block.
My understanding now.. is the heads are PI heads and those used guide plates and had larger valves than standard production heads, other than the CJ heads. I like the street master on my 390. It also had smaller ports. My understanding is that it's a 70s gas embargo era intake. Edelbrock did come out with porting instructions on how to port them for performance. Popular intakes for the EFI swaps. My plan is to run the Dove intake unless i find a deal on something better. Thanks for watching..
@@Dr.Garage76 ah yes the P.I. heads. Thats possible. Need to pull the codes from the heads to find out what they are.. One thing to be careful of, its real easy to get too high of compression with the wrong combo. The nice thing about these 385 series is it don't take much to build power.
@OlysGarage d2oe-ab head #. I had to replace 1 exhaust valve so far. Finding a 1.72" exhaust valve wasn't easy. Most places sell the more common chebby 1.76 valve and say it fits.. yea.. with more work.. Found a pair of NOS Ford exhaust valves on Devil Bay for a reasonable price.. if i did my math correctly, compression should be 9.3 to 1 static. Basing that number off stock, 90cc chambers of pi heads found online..
