Are Edelbrock intakes that much better than Trick Flow? Any AFR FTI TFS combos...
Okay, so here is the deal, I have researched hours upon hours as to which intake would work best for my combo. My setup is in my sig, but basically consists of ported/polished and slightly milled by FTI AFR 165's and an FTI cam w/ lift in the 540's/550's w/ duration in the 220's @ .050 lift, and of course all the bolt-ons (Dream94GT's old car for those familiar). I will try to post a dyno w/ the cobra intake at the end of this.
Anyway, I realize that the ported Performer would probably be the best way to go as far as having good power all through the rpm range. However, I have always liked the looks of the Trick Flow intakes. I know, I know, you aren't going to get the most power based on looks. My question is, with my setup, would a track heat or ported street heat, hell, or ported track heat give anywhere close to the same kind of power as the performer. I know the track heat flows ~265cfm according to Trick Flow, not sure what the ported Performers flow but figure it's probably right around there (TMoss if you have any insight, enlighten me please).
Either way, I understand I will lose a little on the bottom end regardless by going with a TFS intake, but I can handle that. I guess my question boils down to this: Which form of a Trick Flow intake would get me a powerband, similar to that of the ported Performer or similar track times? Street Heat, Track Heat, ported Street Heat, ported Track Heat..? If the difference between one of the above and the Performer would be substantial at the track, then it's not worth it, but if possible I would like to use a TFS. Has anyone ported one of their trick flow intakes? Any flow numbers, track times, dyno? I've been to TMoss's website plenty, and have seen the dyno #'s but I don't recall seeing anyone with a ported Trick Flow.
Based on talking to Jeremy (94DreamGT), I would estimate the heads flow in the 270ish range, fwiw. Sorry for the long post, just wanted to be clear so it didn't look like another "which intake" post. Thanks in advance.
Here is the dyno with the stock unported Cobra:
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Okay, so here is the deal, I have researched hours upon hours as to which intake would work best for my combo. My setup is in my sig, but basically consists of ported/polished and slightly milled by FTI AFR 165's and an FTI cam w/ lift in the 540's/550's w/ duration in the 220's @ .050 lift, and of course all the bolt-ons (Dream94GT's old car for those familiar). I will try to post a dyno w/ the cobra intake at the end of this.
Anyway, I realize that the ported Performer would probably be the best way to go as far as having good power all through the rpm range. However, I have always liked the looks of the Trick Flow intakes. I know, I know, you aren't going to get the most power based on looks. My question is, with my setup, would a track heat or ported street heat, hell, or ported track heat give anywhere close to the same kind of power as the performer. I know the track heat flows ~265cfm according to Trick Flow, not sure what the ported Performers flow but figure it's probably right around there (TMoss if you have any insight, enlighten me please).
Either way, I understand I will lose a little on the bottom end regardless by going with a TFS intake, but I can handle that. I guess my question boils down to this: Which form of a Trick Flow intake would get me a powerband, similar to that of the ported Performer or similar track times? Street Heat, Track Heat, ported Street Heat, ported Track Heat..? If the difference between one of the above and the Performer would be substantial at the track, then it's not worth it, but if possible I would like to use a TFS. Has anyone ported one of their trick flow intakes? Any flow numbers, track times, dyno? I've been to TMoss's website plenty, and have seen the dyno #'s but I don't recall seeing anyone with a ported Trick Flow.
Based on talking to Jeremy (94DreamGT), I would estimate the heads flow in the 270ish range, fwiw. Sorry for the long post, just wanted to be clear so it didn't look like another "which intake" post. Thanks in advance.
Here is the dyno with the stock unported Cobra: