New EFI Intake Manifold

My first post. Almost as exciting as this manifold.. hats off to Edelbrock in engineering and producing this and staying part of the legacy of American hot rods. Yes others perhaps more deservingly, but AMC - yes! I remember trying to pop a mold off an old warped finned AMC Edelbrock VC. I was desperate and in high school. Now years later, theyre back!

We should respond in kind with some good looking AMC engines.

That said Dennis, my vote is to keep the bosses. I like seeing the AMC look like an AMC. Including the throttle bracket, pcv location, bypass hose/thermostat, and accessory brackets for AC/coil.

When I peek a look under a hood of a Jeep or Rambler, I like the brackets and castings. Its nostalgic, and they work.

I will be interested in potentially a few of these, for a few folks For one, a Grand Wagoneer. It will need all stock stuff a Performer has. I want to do a clean job with port injection and get rid of the Howell TBI. Another with a mild 401 in an older Wagoneer, and a third with a much more performance build, with carb.
I realize that this may not be the perfect manifold for these applications, depending on the runner sections. It sure seemed that the pro flo 2 was a key to unlocking a new chamber in the AMC game.
Ive yet to find the Victor that you referenced, Dennis.
So my vote is keep the bosses. And tell them thanks for us.

My opinion is to have as little as possible cast to the manifold...remove everything!

Its a high end manifold - not a stock replacement... 

Provision for the stock throttle cable bracket would make the manifold more marketable.  Why force the customer to have buy more parts that will require more work? Probably, there are more potential customers using the stock cable/bracket setup than those who don't.

I think that though the manifold may run Victor size runners that for those using the Eric provision that the a/c bosses make sense. Factory ponycars have a/c and power and this is an up to date design

Steve

Class Guy wrote: Provision for the stock throttle cable bracket would make the manifold more marketable.  Why force the customer to have buy more parts that will require more work? Probably, there are more potential customers using the stock cable/bracket setup than those who don't.

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