Carbed intake height - Edelbrock Performer vs Victor Jr

[gpfarrell]

Ron, I have an ordinary Performer on my car and it pulls hard well beyond 5500 rpms. By 7,000 it's leveling off, but that could be any number of factors... like those pesky catalytic converters. I imagine boost might change the equation a bit, but I think the Performer is good for more RPMs than Edelbrock tells us. Probably not as good as a dedicated high-rpm intake, but it's not like its done at 5700 rpms either.

[PaxtonShelby]

Definitely a good point Greg. My performer 289 did pull past 5500. My concern is with some boost and now with 10% more cubes to feed, maybe the Performer is maxed out. Plus, this motor - while not a race motor - will be more comfortable at 6000 rpms than my old motor. I might like the fact that the Air Gap powerband starts at 1500 rather than off idle - might make it a little easier to hook up instead of blowing the tires off all the time? Decisions decisions...time to order a hydraulic roller cam!!

[gpfarrell]

Oh, I forgot yours is bigger.

[Mark Aubele]

Ron, I have an ordinary Performer on my car and it pulls hard well beyond 5500 rpms. By 7,000 it's leveling off, but that could be any number of factors... like those pesky catalytic converters. I imagine boost might change the equation a bit, but I think the Performer is good for more RPMs than Edelbrock tells us. Probably not as good as a dedicated high-rpm intake, but it's not like its done at 5700 rpms either.

Do you have a dyno sheet to prove that it still makes power to 7000 or does the car just happen to still rev to 7000? Huge difference.

[gpfarrell]

No Dyno Mark, I'm just using my butt.