Intake manifold
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| + | As of 2012 the Edelbrock Performer RPM/RPM Air-Gap intake manifold is considered to be the best of the breed. It consistently makes as good if not better power over a wider range than any of it's competitors. In fact, it rivals the open plenum intakes like the Edelbrock Vic/Vic Jr.- even at the top of the powerband, unless the cam and cylinder head intake volume are up there pretty good. It will always make more bottom end than the open plenum intakes but that is to be expected. But what is surprising is how well the RPM performs at the top of the power band. | ||
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| + | The original Weiand Stealth p/n 8016, which has been discontinued and replaced by p/n 8150, is considered by some who are "in the know" to be an equal to the Edelbrock RPM. | ||
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| + | The original Holley p/n 300-36 was possibly the best of breed in its day, and it isn't made any longer either. The replacement Holley p/n 300-36S is NOT the same manifold. | ||
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| + | The Edelbrock RPM 7101, Weiand Stealth 8016 and Holley Street Dominator 300-36 were all patterned after the dual plane, high rise intake first used on the Z-28 and LT-1 in the late '60s and early '70s. Those original aluminum Chevy manifolds were cast by the Winters Foundry and will have the Winters "snowflake" cast into the aluminum. | ||
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[[File:CB3 003.jpg|thumb|600px|left|The Edelbrock C3B, originally made for the Holley 3-barrel carb. Still a decent intake for a mid-sized SBC.]] | [[File:CB3 003.jpg|thumb|600px|left|The Edelbrock C3B, originally made for the Holley 3-barrel carb. Still a decent intake for a mid-sized SBC.]] | ||
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| + | Professional Products makes a knock-off of this design also, called the Typhoon, p/n 52021 for satin finish. | ||
===Single plane=== | ===Single plane=== | ||
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