billet intake and boost bottle?

[fernortner]

I find myself struggling with the question
even after all this reading: "is a billet intake
and an engine displacement specific boost bottle
worth the effort for a grubee 66 with no internal mods,
or is it money better saved for elsewhere?"

see, I have read about 50/50 pro/con and it's
so hard to stop buying parts.

the expansion chamber is on the way and
a hub adapter is next to get, but the intake
is yet stock nt/stock intake/reedless.

Has any newer thinking arisen on billet/boost
or is it still 2 equal camps where 1 loves them both
and the other hates them?

maybe I should just get a better back wheel and
a hub adapter and ride the thing more than I work
on it...

 

[dmb]

to under stand what a boost bottle does, it stores back pressure when the carb is closed, then releases it into the port on first throttle open, almost like a turbo for an instant. but in real life they look alot better than they work. wait till they are on sale if you gotta have one. good luck dennis

 

[biknut]

I haven't tried a boost bottle, but I do have a shorty manifold. I don't notice much difference in performance between it, and the stock manifold. The reason I like the shorty over the stock manifold, is mainly because the shorty has an o-ring. Clearance considerations also play a big roll.