This is why you should port match your intake (pics)

JoeDust451 said

My 169.95 (shipped might i ad) Crosswind intake was very nice & port allignment was pretty good, glad i past on the eddy RPM for 309.00 plus shipping, i don't care what some say, you guys would be "shocked" if you really knew the truth. If, I say IF those intakes are "truely" made in the states by Edelbrock, then Ol'e VIC needs his *** kicked & mighty hard, most of his high $$$ stuff ain't worth a ****!!!!!!!!! Your paying for the name anymore, i'm out 8)

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You know of course that there's a lot more to an intake runner than port alignment, right? The shape/taper/etc actually matters.

Crosswind is frigging junk. Its useful because it has the Magnum intake bolt pattern, and lets you easily hook up LA coolant tubing (when it doesn't leak). Thats about it. Anyone who has tried both (at the track, not just in the garage) knows that the Air Gap makes a lot more power (and mine was pretty well dead on out of the box).

You can set gaskets on an intake and ***** about the alignment till the cows come home, but it doesn't mean anything till you've seen what the port alignment is with the intake actually bolted to the head.