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Old 06-23-2002, 06:12 PM
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Default Sb Intakes

HELLO, i have a chance to get an edelbrock torker II. is this a good intake?
how does it compare to holley strip dominator ?
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Old 06-24-2002, 02:02 AM
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Need more specs if you want some thoughts..


racing or towing?

Which small block (big difference between a 273 and a 360)?

carb you prefer?
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Old 06-24-2002, 02:44 AM
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i have an aluminum edelbrock torker II and i love it. just hope you have lots of room under the hood! thank god for the six pack hood scoop!

BTW: i have a 340, and J heads, it works fine.
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Old 06-24-2002, 07:04 AM
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The Torker II isn't a bad intake. It lacks low end and throttle response. Being a single plane design, this is something that they have. This intake will have good fuel distibution. Being an open plenum, it will breath easy. In turn, it will give good fuel mileage if used with a small cam and at cruise speeds.
In a head to head compare with other intakes, it fairs good in HP output. Standing next to a strip dom. , it'll loose in the HP & torque ratings. (Might even get burried bad.)
Edelbrock listed this intake in the 1500-6500 rpm range, with the intended max power output @ 1.5 hp per cid. I have seen guys run this intake into the high 11's.
Look at it like this. A max effort 340/360 could yeild 500 hp.
The Strip Dom. is a race intake. Unlike the street Torker II.
The Holley should be used in Max effort street/strip and race areas. Big time horse can be had with this intake. It will have the same feel as the Torker II beong that it is also a single plane.

If you can get the Torker II cheap, grab it if it fits the HP plan.
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Old 06-24-2002, 11:11 AM
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I ran across an issue from, I think, Mopar Muscle. Where they tested a handful of single 4bbl intakes for SB Mopars and then a 6pak. This has been within the past 12 months.

If I remember, the new Edelbrock Air-Gap had the best numbers and was followed by the Holley Strip Dominator. Kinda surprising since the Strip Dominator has been around forever.

I was suprised where the Torker(s) landed. They did not perform as well as I would have thought.
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Well, the torker manifolds are fairly old designs and they don't benefit from the computer modeled ones of today, which is why the air-gap manifold runs so well, that and the dual plane design helps. I have heard a lot of people who run the air-gap manifold have had really good results, and plan on using it for any small-block, except for a drag race application.

The torker series manifold is a good manifold, its just a little dated.

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Old 06-24-2002, 04:34 PM
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thanx 4 tha replys, guys
i'm running a 366cid
kb-107pistons
balanced,align-bored,decked
"587" heads ported,bowl ported and polished
2.02 int. 1.60 exh.
comp. ratio is measured 10.2
comp x-treme hyd cam 284/296{240/246@.050} .510 70*
edelbrock torker
holley700 dp

could you all give me a rough hp amount ?
i'm estimating 400-425
am i close?
auto/3200 stall
4.10 posi
went 12.73@107.66 on 8in wide rear street tires spinnin all the way
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Old 06-24-2002, 05:09 PM
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Due to not having head flow numbers and exact cam specs via events, I had to use for the heads, the title of
"Wedge, pocket ported, stock valves"
The cam specs can be semi worked in. The program wants this info that the Comp Catolog dosn't surpply. The cam card should have it. Events of valve openings and closings.The DTD has a calc to help. The Comp cat also dosn't surply the intake centerline.
The lobe center angle is known. The rest the computer figured.

_RPM___HP____Torque___W/O mufflers,
2000___102___268 .........Peak power increased to;
2500___139___291
3000___176___308
3500___228___342
4000___285___375
4500___338___395
5000___382___401..........423LBS of torque @ 5000 rpm
5500___409___390
6000___423___370..........451 HP, @ 6000 rpm

A better tire and a look at the suspension should speed you up and lower you ET some. It depends on weight, weight transfer, stall and how well your hooking up as well as a number of other things.
Keep messing around 1 change at a time. I bet next time out, you'll drop a few 10th's. I can see 12.5's next time out if ya look and find with sucess.
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thanx rumble, that et was last year. this time i got 10.25 rubber on the back (15x8) and 15x4 up front
right now i'm plagued with carb troubles. i think it's got dirt in the secondary metering block
i've taken tha thing apart 6 times and cleaned it real good but so far no luck
i may end up getting a new carb
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ohiodemon...

My experience is 100% with Rumblefish....

M1 (holley strip dominator) would likely do the best in your app... Although - second thought.... RPM Airgap because you don;t have the cubes... My experience the M1 really likes the cubes & will out perform an airgap on a stroked out small block for example. However, the small cube engines like the airgap rpm.

This is a different topic than your original question but I think your carb is a bit small for what your building... But most would disagree with me.. I like lot's of carb (way more than holley recommends). Maybe an 850 HP holley on that...?
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