Anyone Put The New Holley Sniper 1100 Single Barrel An F-head Yet

The flange looks to be the same. This is meant to go onto an inline 6 Ford motor. Just wondering if it has been done yet?

 

I think I saw a video about it on youtube on a L head.

 

Yes, Nicholas Oxender.

 

Great video. I was going to link that one.

 

I wonder after having it for a year and (hopefully) driving it alot, I wonder how he likes it?

I ended up putting a Webber carb on my F head, making an aluminum adapter for it. I like it alot better than the original carb

 

Nick sells an adapter for the sniper.

if I was going to keep my f head, I’d buy a sniper

 

I've seen several videos of him wheeling it pretty good. Runs like cat excrement on glass.

 

A board member 73cj5 put one on his f head.

 

Were I to decide to try EFI that kit would probably be the way I would go as it looks well designed and fairly simple to set up.

However, I understand carburetors a lot better than I do electronics, and I am also just a little too frugal to spend that much money.

I do have a Weber progressive two barrel kit I am going to try on one of my L-134 engines, and may also try it on the F-134 in my CJ5 just for comparison. The adaptor will fit either engine. The F-134 in my CJ5 already runs great with the Carter YF on it now, and has all the power I need for how I use the Jeep.

 

Not sure if the newer style Sniper kits are moving some of the control electronics to a separate unit or not, although I believe they are doing that to help mitigate heat soak killing off the entire assembly. I say this because a few of my 'Ford Six' friends have had a lot of poor luck with the throttle body getting hot and then cooking the integrated controls.

That being said, I would be tempted to ask Holley if they plan on updating the single barrel units. (and buying an updated one) If not, I would strongly recommend taking measures to block heat from the throttle body to protect it. Its not the same as a carburetor with heat soak, once something in the PCB gets cooked you are dead in the water until the whole unit is replaced. I think this could be achieved with the old style heat blocker under the throttle body like what was more commonly seen back in the day as well as a phenolic spacer.

 

Going onto an F head though. Zero issues of heating compared to an L head.

 

Be neat to use this with forced induction.

 

When you do it, make sure you post the dyno slip!

 

I'll place my bet that 7lbs of boost is the limit and it'll throw a rod before the slip prints.

 

I saw a video a few years back where a guy installed a small turbo on his F134 and it did well in the video.

 

The only one I'm aware of surviving more than a few days was turbo normalized out in the western mountains with a small Saab turbo.
Fella had a channel about his 2.5ton truck and logging and the cj5 would be his daily driver.

I would not recommend...
Maybe @Mturbo38a1 can or L.I.G. can add something here. But those guys and myself only added smoke screens.

 

http://www.earlycj5.com/xf_cj5/index.php?threads/37177/

here’s a video where a guy put two turbos on a L134

 

I'm a little perplexed by the blowers on the L head.. I would think that's waaaay more volume than needed and the parasitic drag of two of them? Just seems counter productive..

 

That's a belt driven supercharger and superhurricane I6
150hp... way more money than a 175hp 260ftlb 4.3 swap.

Turbos are a different sort of animal to tame.

 

I think it was all about cool factor. Stupid money problems. Lol