Help With Intake Choice
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From: nova scotia canada
Help With Intake Choice
I own a '76 vette with all the goodies,al. heads , hedders etc. and am currently running the '70 LT1 al. intake with a holley 750 dp.My combo works very well with aprox. 400 flywheel HP but i really miss the sound and snap i had with my spreadbore carb.I am giving thought to a switch back to a spreadbore carb and would like your imput as to the best choice for an aftermarket intake.Because of height issues i can't use a adapter on my existing setup.I have a drop base air cleaner so i can handle most of the intakes out there,was looking at the edelbrock performer rpm Q- jet, any thoughts on that or any others?
thanx for any help
wade
thanx for any help
wade
Melting Slicks
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From: New Cumberland PA
Originally Posted by Ganey
I suppose you already have a spreadbore carb? You could try a smaller Holley.
Le Mans Master
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From: Las Vegas - Just stop perpetuating myths please.
Performer air-gap?
Performer air-gap takes both sqaure and speadbore carbs. No choke or EGR mounts though. I read a comparison against both a Performer and a RPM air-gap this year - corvette fever i think. Got beat by the RPM a/g but better power than the performer. Bolted one on mine but no results yet and haven't even have tried hood on yet.
Spent another $100 for the polished perf a/g and it looks just great sitting above my polished Edelbrock wtr pmp.
Really a good match. Sorry no px yet but maybe this weekend. Maybe some polished alum vlv covers would really shine things up (low on the to do list). 
Just my best guesstiment, i don't think you'll lose much pwr to a stock LT1 manifold.
Good luck and please post ur results. cardo0
Spent another $100 for the polished perf a/g and it looks just great sitting above my polished Edelbrock wtr pmp.
Really a good match. Sorry no px yet but maybe this weekend. Maybe some polished alum vlv covers would really shine things up (low on the to do list). Just my best guesstiment, i don't think you'll lose much pwr to a stock LT1 manifold.
Good luck and please post ur results. cardo0
