Has anyone used the Edelbrock Torker intake? I been thinking about using one if I go to the 351c 4bbl, are they any good for a street car, good HP and torque over stock or should I go to a blue thunder instead?
The Torquer makes EXCELENT hp, but they tend to like the rpms.... so unless youre running like 3.9+ gears (4.30s would love a torquer)...
You'll probably have MUCH better "real world" performance out of the Blue Thunder, but hang on to youre wallett.. their about 300 bucks.
For a street driven car, I would reccomend the BT.
(just FYI they dont make a torquer2 for the 351C, so if you get the "well I had one on my windsor and....", just be aware the original was a 3-7000 intake)
Has anyone used the Edelbrock Torker intake? I been thinking about using one if I go to the 351c 4bbl, are they any good for a street car, good HP and torque over stock or should I go to a blue thunder instead?
I have a torker 2 on my 289. I also have a lot of hp, a 3.70 rear gear and a 4 speed. Without at least a gear or manual tranny to keep your rpm's up, a dual plane would be better. Single planes like the torker are better above 2500 rpm's.
The Torker for the Cleveland and the 302w are completely different and not really comparable in the way that they peform due to the fact that the Cleveland and Windsors are very different engines.
First off they don't make a Torker for 351c 2v's, per say. You can bolt it on but that manifold is intended for a 4V head. On a 2v head there will be significant mismatch of the ports and I wouldn't do it unless I matched the ports as much as is possible. Furthermore, the Torker is an O.K. manifold for a 4v head, but there are many better manifolds for the 4v heads depending on what RPM you intend to use the engine.
If you keep the 2v heads use the Weiand intake manifold. If you get 4v heads and want a fantastic all-around intake get the Blue Thunder, it is very comparable to the Edelbrock RPM manifold on a 302w. If you want to spin your Cleveland 4v and make great higher end power get a Holley Strip Dominator or a Parker FunnelWeb.
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The 351 Cleveland 4v motor is a very powerful motor with the stock heads, maybe the most powerful mass-produced smallblock ever. The formula to make the 4v Cleveland perform extremely well is simple, with relatively few variations.