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Old 11-12-2008, 09:32 PM
Pete Munroe Pete Munroe is offline
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 289 FIA #2027, 65' 289" PS wheels
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Default put the Victor Jr. it back on...

You really need to post all the specs on the engine, but the Edelbrock Jr. is not a restrictive manifold.

Do you want more HP or TORQUE? What are you going to do with the engine...street?...track?...you did say no drags, so I am guessing you want
TORQUE... which would be the Edelbrock Performer RPM dual plane manifold...not the Victor Jr.

I would guess that whether or not the machine work is up to snuff, the parts choices for your crate engine are reasonably compatible...if you want more horsepower and less street friendly manners...change out cams, heads, compression ratio and maybe the Victor is the next step...if you go to the Edelbrock website they have the RPM range for all the manifolds...the Vic Jr. supports a pretty stout cam, heads etc and that combo should work.

If you stay with the Jr. make sure it has been port matched but beyond that you need to know rpm range and other mods required.

Cobra cars are so light, that you can get away with a power band skewed to the top end, but it won't be as driveable in traffic.

I am sure there will be more opinoins on this !

From what you said, I do not think you want MORE HORSE POWER, you want more street-able TORQUE to be fun on the street.

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Originally Posted by cobras View Post
Hi Guys im looking at swaping out my intake manifold on my 351W stroker 392 ford motorsport crate engine, its the 475HP Z head motor with the intake that comes with it, i think its a vic jr,

anyhow the reason im doing the swap is to have a polished or the durashine finnish that edelbrock has, now from the experience you all have here what would be the manifold to get

i wont be doing any 1/4 mile racing and would like to have an increase in hp due to the manifold swap if its possible, so i guess you can say im looking for low end power off the line sort of thing, i was on edelbrocks web site and there are like 5 manifolds, and i have no idea what would be the prime manifold for my motor


any insight on this would be great
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