Should I switch to an RPM 2?

Curse

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A friend of mine is selling his new in box EdelBrock RPM 2 at a very good price.

Right now, I have a Typhoon on top of my stock 302 with Trick Flow TW heads & stage 1 cam. I think the Typhoon is a restriction right now since the ports on it are considerably smaller than the ports on the TW heads. I was just going to have Tmoss port my lower, when this deal fell on my lap.

Will it be worth it to swap intakes, or should I stick with what I got and have Tmoss work his magic? I have only seen the RPM 2 on top of stroked motors or very high revving 302s. I have no plans to do either anytime soon, maybe a cam swap. Let me know what you guys think.

 

Grn92LX

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The rpm II is a good manifold but that tfs stg 1 cam just won't work with it. If you swap cam;s and gear the car properly, use the rpm II.

 

88Stang331

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I have the RPM II with stock cam right now =\ but will be upgrading to TFS Stage 1 cam shortly. However probably within the next year, i will be starting my turbo dart block build, in which case my RPM II will really start to shine...hopefully =D

But yes, it is quite the big intake.

 

Curse

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Hmm, so a cam swap and gear swap just to use this intake? Guess I will be sending my Typhoon to Tmoss. Thanks guys.

 

88Stang331

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Well if your not going to be going with a Stroker/power adder/high rev engine any time soon, there are probably better intakes for your application and goals.

I chose mine because i didn't want to buy two different intakes, and i didn't know about thumper and tmoss yet =\

 

Curse

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Well a blower might be in my future but not soon. I like my 3.73s and stage 1 cam. I was thinking about switching to a custom cam just to see if there is a bit more power in my combo.

 

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Send off the typhoon and have it cleaned up. That should be all you need.

 

Aliate X

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RPM 2's like boost or compression and thats about it.

 

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I have it, love it. Even before the nitrous the intake performed very well. If your plans are for a power adder in the future and you can get the RPM II for a good price. Get it!