Single plane vs dual plane intake

rumblefish360 said

I hit the disagree. While a good tuning does wonders, the dual plane is just simply better at low end torque. All things otherwise equal.

Someone questioned about an intake for a stroker. I’ll assume it’s going to be raced, then single plane. Even probably so for street strip engines. Only because of the increase cubes would it be usable IMO. Going up 40+ cubes is quite a bit on intakes designed around the 360 being the biggest C.I.D. and the 340 as the highest reving.

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You can do that. I still say my example is right. I wasn't speaking in general terms, but in the example I gave. Between those two specific intakes, you can make either the better intake through tuning.

I've seen Jim Laroy say it a hundred times......"if you have that intake, use it". The bottom line is, unless you're using an original Edelbrock Torker, you're probably in good shape. LOL

Really though, unless you're racing, just pick one and go. You'd have to have the crappiest intake in the world (Torker) to feel a BIG difference in the seat of the pants on the street.

Now, I said all that ASSUMING said person was SMART ENOUGH to choose the correct style intake for their combo in the first damn place. lol Factor THAT in and now we're splittin hairs.