Jegs Speedmaster intake for small block 318 ?

Darter6 said
Yeah just a stock 318 up grade to a 4 bbl and headers. Working on a small budget. Reason for asking is someone with a Competition Products one had vacuum leak problems and couldn't get the car to run right. Swapped out the manifold with a Edelbrock and no more problem.They look identical.
Just one of those "If it sounds too good to be true,it isn't" stories. I hate to buy it only to find out it sucks.

Some people have had good success with them, a few have had issues. But then again, a few people have had issues with the Eddy’s too. Quality control isn’t what it used to be.

I think the trick is to buy them through a retailer like Jegs or Summit. At least that way if you have an issue you have a decent return/replacement policy to fall back on.

YY1 said
I've asked repeatedly on here for folks to verify which brands have sealing issues and if we can prove the same casting is being used by different brand names.

I've had ZERO response.

YY1 said
Edelbrock could possibly quash some of the competition these knock offs are generating if they'd make a dual mount piece.

Yeah that’s how they get away with it, although I’d be surprised is Edelbrock doesn’t still have an argument since they’re so darn close. I mean, they look exactly like AirGap manifolds other than the extra set of mounting bosses for the magnums.

The problem with proving they’re all the same casting is I think that you’d literally need to buy a bunch of them, one from each of the brands/companies marketing them, and compare them side by side. Based on the pictures I’ve seen they all look the same. I think it would take more than just a casual comparison to show the castings are actually the same, and I don’t know that you’re gonna find someone to buy several different intakes and evaluate them all. Especially since some of the brands would probably need to be bought from retailers that might have less than spectacular customer service.