Weiand Action Plus vs Edelbrock RPM

318willrun said
that was kind of my point in doing this project. If I gained a little, great (I think I did). Hopefully this will help somebody that is limited on money make a decision on an intake. Actually, the factory cast TQ intake is tough to beat, and can be bought on the cheap.

Myself and a few other have been saying the factory intake is tough to beat for years now.

Nirvana said
I'm that person, very much enjoy your threads. My 79 aspen has the factory 4bbl intake and I have been debating an upgrade, exactly the two manifolds tested in this shootout. I might just keep the factory manifold at this point.

A lot depends on what your doing. For general purpose and performance, stick with the TQ intake and (early) TQ carb. The draw back is intake weight and super tuning the carb. But flexible and forgiving they are.
At what point do you stand now?

318willrun said
Thanks man. Your post is the reason it's worth my time to post/share my experiences. Glad to help. I love test-n-tuning, 30+ years doing this and I still love it.

I am also in the same frame of mind. I actually enjoy the experimentation more than the racing. (But I do (or did) like the back alley night racing best. More racing, more action.)
I did at one point many years ago I tried to show how a 318 can be a good performer. But finances told me I could not continue the fun.