I have intake just like the one in this picture, it is supposed to be an early edelbrock high-rise intake. I was looking to find out what years these intakes were produced? Any information would be great.
They are called a Edlbrock Regular & I think were made in the mid 1940's, but some one could correct me on that.I had one many moons ago, but sold it.Kinda rare tho.
You are the lucky owner of arguably the best performing street flathead manifold made by Vic Edelbrock Sr in 1947. It was called the tall or regular, and I have tried the earlier sling- shot manifold and prefer the regular for the following reasons. The slngshot with two 97's on a 274 ci engine with Winfield SU-1A cam was alway rich no matter what jets I ran. Used the traditional Champion H-10. Switched to the regular which is rarer than the slingshot, put on a pair of 81's with 35 jets, bumped the plugs to H-12's and now the plugs are perfect, and amazingly the engine has much better performance.. It fell from favor because most street guys bought what they saw at the lakes and drag strips which was the Edelbrock low two carb manifold with the carbs placed over the ports. The high rise effect of the tall gives great low end performance and with the 81's I cruise the freeway at 2100 rpm and get 21 mpg in my 29 roadster. I have never had the need to try a low profile manifold on my flattie as I am more than pleased with what I have. Most guys back in the day and today for that matter buy what looks cool at the time, and don't give a hoot about overall road performance. Look at all the sbc's with tunnel ram dual quads setups! Get the picture? Hope this helps. Terry
Yo Webster, What does an 81 flow? I always heard that a 48 flows 50 per cent more than a 97 and that is why they used them in the center of a 3 deuce set up. I am intrigued by your 2 deuce set up. Thanks in advance, Lou
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