Old Edelbrock Tarantula Intake Any Good?
http://victorylibrary.com/graphics/TM5.jpg
Right from Edelbrock.
Now check this out, I found a brand new TM 5 on where else-E-bay for BIN $88 right to my door.
I have a Torker 340 and put the TM 5 together, yes on the outside they look the same but the runners are deeper on the TM 5. Everything is, right under the carb the Torker 340 is like a 3/4 of an inch higher up. That goes right in to the runners. The runners are slope down in to the cylinder head, where the TM 5 are flat because they are deeper. The runners are the same besides that. Its hard to take a picture of but I try.
Seems to me the TM5 is better for higher RPMs but I even got the paper work with the intake, it says this intake will increase low RPM power and you may need to reduce tire pressure to stop wheel spin. It says this is for street motors. Now remember this is 1971 when guys had 4.10 gears and the freeway speed limits were 70 mph and traffic sometimes went 90 mph, everyday to work !
I have a Eddy RPM on right now and it does idle great but with my 3.91 gears in 2nd at 70 mph it seems to be holding it back from my old Holley Street Dominator single plane intake I first had. When I get the time I think I swap the TM 5 on and see what happens. lol
First 3 pictures are the TM 5, the last 3 pictures are the Torker 340
http://victorylibrary.com/graphics/TM5.jpg
Right from Edelbrock.
Now check this out, I found a brand new TM 5 on where else-E-bay for BIN $88 right to my door.
I have a Torker 340 and put the TM 5 together, yes on the outside they look the same but the runners are deeper on the TM 5. Everything is, right under the carb the Torker 340 is like a 3/4 of an inch higher up. That goes right in to the runners. The runners are slope down in to the cylinder head, where the TM 5 are flat because they are deeper. The runners are the same besides that. Its hard to take a picture of but I try.
Seems to me the TM5 is better for higher RPMs but I even got the paper work with the intake, it says this intake will increase low RPM power and you may need to reduce tire pressure to stop wheel spin. It says this is for street motors. Now remember this is 1971 when guys had 4.10 gears and the freeway speed limits were 70 mph and traffic sometimes went 90 mph, everyday to work !
I have a Eddy RPM on right now and it does idle great but with my 3.91 gears in 2nd at 70 mph it seems to be holding it back from my old Holley Street Dominator single plane intake I first had. When I get the time I think I swap the TM 5 on and see what happens. lol
First 3 pictures are the TM 5, the last 3 pictures are the Torker 340
