"R" Intake question

[poncho-pwr]

I have heard about Berkeley "R" intakes for quite some time, and it seems like the only boats that have them are Placecraft tunnels as far as I know. What exactly is an "R" intake, how does it differ from the others, and does anybody know where I might could find a picture of one? Apparently they are not made anymore because Berkeley doesn't list them.

[MikeF]

They are tough to find, but if you have the tools, you can change the one you have.
This is one is an early R type intake that Jack had made out of a BayJet intake.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/516/153bottom014.jpg
It sets the pump very low in the boat. This one is set so the pump/engine sit at a 6 degree angle.

[Nucking futs]

I just pulled the R intake out of my southwind dragster to do the floor. I wil snap some shots of it tomorrow. Thats what all the big powered southwinds ran back in the day and the only way they would run a #. Now with all the after market intakes loaders ect. they are really not needed or desired because the loaders and ride plate set ups differ from the normal 4* intake. pics willto follow wil show what im talkin bout.
I think they work best on a delta bottom, but im not certian on that.... :)

[poncho-pwr]

Thanks, pics would be great.

[bp]

the sw that blew over at ming had an r intake...

[slotracer]

now i always thought a sw could not blow over. was it a swtd or something else?

[Nucking futs]

I have not cleaned it or anything yet Im lazy, but you can see the differances.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6d704b3127cce8d7b9d5eccbd00000026101AZs2zdw5Zsd
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6d704b3127cce8d7b9d314de200000026101AZs2zdw5Zsd
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6d704b3127cce8d7b9d26ccc500000026101AZs2zdw5Zsd
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6d704b3127cce8d7b9d214df200000016101AZs2zdw5Zsd http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6d704b3127cce8d7b9d2d4dfe00000026101AZs2zdw5Zsd
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6d704b3127cce8d7b9d12ccf100000016101AZs2zdw5Zsd

[Nucking futs]

Thats not the loader im going to run, that is a billet piece that has some blocker in it that was cut and hacked. The loaders have 6 mounting holes and a finned entry. They sit real low and are at 5* rather than the normal 4*. This was the first production "race" intake that berkley made. There are several low profile intakes out now that accept the normal 4* intake,so tuning would be alot easier to borrow parts to tune.
It worked good in the southwind tunnels So thats whats going back in. I know a guy who has set up a few with very good results,and I luckly have alot of the R hardware from some of the old school SW dragsters.

[Nucking futs]

the sw that blew over at ming had an r intake...
And ???????
You stirring the pot Bob?

[Nucking futs]

now i always thought a sw could not blow over. was it a swtd or something else?
It was a modified SW. bottom. It had more of a rounded tunnel like a daytona.One off kinda deal.
Quote from BP, boat drove over, carried nose to high and never backed out.I havent seen pics nor was I there so I cannot comment on Charlies boat. That thing was real light. Its kinda hard to blow a 600# boat over compared to a 350# Would you agree BP?

[MikeF]

The way I read it is that bp just states that it had a R intake in it. You yourself state that alot of swtd have these intakes......that's how I read it.
I don't think he is starting anything and there is not a need to take it that way. I only see it as stating a fact.
About the 600# boat?!.....Maybe w/ 1500+/-hp it might. Do you have an idea of what the RatedX boat weighed? I'd imagine you might have that info somewhere? :shift:

[Nucking futs]

The way I read it is that bp just states that it had a R intake in it. You yourself state that alot of swtd have these intakes......that's how I read it.
I don't think he is starting anything and there is not a need to take it that way. I only see it as stating a fact.
About the 600# boat?!.....Maybe w/ 1500+/-hp it might. Do you have an idea of what the RatedX boat weighed? I'd imagine you might have that info somewhere? :shift:
I did'nt take it on a bad note Mike, Just wanted to see if Bob had any input on the subject. Its nothing like that, Bob and I have shot the chew over the R intake before.
Charlies boat had about 2500 hp he said and it weighed alittle over 300# and not much time to react if the thing bit hard out of the hole and took a nose high set real quick. Need to know your boat,can't just mash the gas.Im not saying thats what happened either. I was'nt there,just have talked to charlie a few times on the phone about it before .
Rated X, couldnt tell you, but the going places SW,And bernie ricos Rich Bitch along with the rest of them running top fuel were (+/- 50#) all 600#.
The lightest SW that was made in the Orange shop was 375 and that was my dads. Gramps didnt want them that light.
But back to the R intake, If your looking for a low pro intake, go with an aggressor or one of the others out there that will accept the standard hardware.That would be my answer on the whole thread.
Sorry for the high jack..... :)

[MikeF]

Sorry for the high jack..... :)
I think it's all good info! :cool:
2500hp.......oops. :220v:

[poncho-pwr]

Thanks for the pictures and info. I wasn't looking for an R intake, I was just curious what the deal was with them.

[sdba069]

Our Place has a plain old 3.5 degree intake in it, not a low profile "R" type. We toyed with the idea of installing a "R" in it. The boat runs 7.70's at 130 plus so we decided to leave it alone.

[bp]

I did'nt take it on a bad note Mike, Just wanted to see if Bob had any input on the subject. Its nothing like that, Bob and I have shot the chew over the R intake before.
first, i wasn't stirring the pot, just making a comment that there was an R intake in it.
that boat was extremely light, not a socal sw, but laid up somewhere around sac. if you wanted to see how light, you could have seen how thin the glass was after it was hauled out. i haven't seen glass that thin since propduster broke up, and that boat weighed 270-275.
i've said all i care to, but for pat, one more time. i saw this thing from the rope to the crash, not just from mid track. it had way too much attitude for a sw 50'-75' past the starting line, and it didn't get better, it got worse. the boat didn't "blow over", like we've seen daytona's do; it stood up, caught the left rear, and twisted. at 85-90 mph, it was pretty much a done deal.
i'd seen this thing make 4-500' launches before, never with that kind of attitude. it wasn't an "r intake" deal, as it was the same intake it had attempted to run with before.
hope he gets well...

[slotracer]

bob sounds like the guy never let off the go pedal. kind of like when problem child went over at red bluff. it sounded like he never let off also. how you doing anyway bp?

[bp]

bob sounds like the guy never let off the go pedal. kind of like when problem child went over at red bluff. it sounded like he never let off also. how you doing anyway bp?
doing ok pat.
pat, that was plum crazy at red bluff, and it was kinda the same, in that you could see it coming long before it happened. i've seen more of these than i ever wanted to; like, "get down get down get down get down", and then it's too late. but jerry's boat was so heavy and tough that it didn't break up, and they had it back in the water at chow...

[pce680]

Prop Duster ( Sunday Showdown ) weighed 318 lbs before I added about 20 lbs of reinforcement to the keel.It was a 100% Dupont Kevlar layup,the first one done in 1978 with the help of the Dupont engineers at Eliminator Boats.

[MikeF]

My Liberty is all kevlar and was built in 77. :cool:

[KonaJet74]

I have a "R" intake H-2663 & I just called
CP performance & they said it would fit
a JC-A intake with some mods? Does
anyone have any info on these? CP
didn't know & I'm trying to figure out the
pitch? The shoe is set back approx 2-3"
compared to a normal JC intake and the
suction is set back a little also.

[Nucking futs]

I think the R is a 5* intake.Thats were mine is getting set at. I have heard of some people in the P/C's setting them at 5.5*

[wideopen545]

any of you guys ever saw a youngblood 83 tx-19 picklefork weighting in at 195 lb its the second out of the mold in aug of 83 before they released it in 84 boat is real light and loose and a hand full
sorry to get off topic

[KonaJet74]

Anyone know how many different types
of "R" intakes there are? Mine is flat & I'm
wondering if there are also rounded bottom
ones? CP performance said it would fit a
JC or JG with some "modifications", but it
won't fit because my boat's rounded on the
bottom.