DeTomaso Mailing List: February 98, Message #78
     



From: 	"Craig Cline" <Craig_Cline@smtp.rc.trw.com>

Subject: Re: FPP 4145 (and other inta

Date: 	Mon, 2 Feb 1998 16:51:46 +0000



With all this discussion about FPP 4145 and Edelbrock Performer intakes, I was wondering what everyone's opinion was on the older Edelbrock F351-4v intake.  It is supposedly a predecessor to the Performers, and I was under the inpression that it was a better intake for the Pantera (higher RPM range) than the later Performers.



Anyone know any facts about this intake, or even wild opinions :<).



As you may have guessed this is the intake on my P.



Craig Cline

Oceanside, Ca.

'74 #7352 - da Green One



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Date: 1/30/98 6:55 PM

To: Craig Cline

From: MikeLDrew@aol.com

Good Guy John Taphorn (hiding underneath Mary's e-mail address) wrote:



>When I researched my engine

combo, I spoke with Edelbrock and they said on clevelands with 4V heads they

saw little loss of power with the Performer to 6500.



>>>What else are they gonna say? :>)  Actually, if you read their literature,

they state the manifold is good from 2000 to 5500 I think.  It's generally

superior to single-plane manifolds everwhere except on top.  The single-plane

Torker is more of a high-rpm intake.



>Additionally, he

also reprinted in one of the Pantera Club issues an article featuring

several different manifold combinations.  While the Performer was strangely

absent, the dual plane featured outperformed the single planes in all but

the highest RPMs



>>>Right.  The FPP 4145 we're talking about IS the dual plane manifold which

you're referencing.  This article is where I learned how awesome it was,

outperforming most single-planes on top, and burying them down below.  



I've heard from our local dyno guy that Performers strangle performance

Clevelands starting about 5000 rpm, and they shut down entirely at 5500.  But

it seems to be the 'standard' intake on Panteras these days.



Mike