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Originally Posted by frankym
I spoke to tony today. He said hecan build the 445 stroker- actually its a 452 stroker now. But he said the criticisms I'm hearing regarding the high rev low end missing torque on the 427 has everything to do with the intake. The victor junior single plain intake will create that effect of a monster coming out above the 4,000 rpm range. He ssid if I elect the air gap edelbrock dual plane intake, i will get 570hp but a much crisper throttle and torque reaction from 2,000 rpm up.
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Go with that 452 and don't look back! I am by NO means an engine builder but the different people I have consulted with all point to the Victor Jr. as being a good match for the 427 cubic inch motors.......I too was trying to find someone to tell me to use one of the dual plane RPM air gap manifolds and I was told it would suffer on the top end. I guess the only real way to know is follow the lead of your builder or actually dyno the motor and then do the intake swap and run it again. If I was confident switching to the dual plane would only knocked 15Hp off my motor and shift my power curve down 2000rpm's earlier I would have tried it. In my specific case I think throwing a dual plane on would have made it worse.....I think my camshaft profile 252I / 262Ex at 112 LSA installed at 112 ICL would have been at odds with a dual plane intake selection. I still would go with more cubic inches when its the same price. Good luck and keep us posted