Re: Poll: What category Would This Fall Into?
Reply #33 –
I chose sufficient. The rest of my comments involve the Edelbrock criticisms in this thread.
I've used the Edelbrock Performer 5L intake and it is one of the best designs out there (especially the lower). Others have had similar good experiences with the RPM (upper) version as well. It is also more expensive than the Trickflow intakes that are very heavy and ugly IMHO. The Trickflow intakes have huge port exits also which make them difficult to align with heads - especially if shaved - the Edelbrock intakes taper down so they can be adjusted to the heads as needed. The Edelbrock aluminum heads are some of the best quality out there with all of the holes heli-coiled which is not true of many other brands.
Those Victor Jr. intakes can make some serious HP too from what I've read. I've never heard of the sort of quality issues from Edelbrock that Trick Flow had with their valve guides. Their products are much improved though and push the performance envelope a bit more than Edelbrock who are a bit conservative unless you are going with their "Victor" high RPM race oriented gear...