Anyone familair with this intake? Edelbrock.com - Manifolds - Ford - Performer - 5.8L

I just stumbled across it while researching (daydreaming) of a future motor build in my 78 F100 shortbed 2WD. It is kinda pricey. I wonder how it would compare to the Explorer intake? (if I could ever find a 5.8 lower for a decent price)

 

I don't like it unless you have plans to build a 5.8 with a stock 0-4000rpm powerband, if you want more rpm you're better off with the regular Performer, the Pro Products Typhoon, the Ford GT40/Explorer(if you can find a 5.8 lower and get it ported correctly), or the Edelbrock Victor and TFS-R intakes if you use matching high flow heads.

 

Actually I am trying to improve everthing under 5K rpm. Thinking of a strong street (daily driver) motor with a strong low and midrange power. I'm afraid the Victor and Type R (breadbox) would do just the opposite of what I'm looking for.
I was wondering how the Explorer (Lightning) would compare to the 5.8 Performer. Anything has to be better then the factory 5.8 truck lower. I am also considering going with a pair of Performer or small AFR heads, Megasquirt and small cam. Just daydreaming for right now, but it does'nt hurt to plan ahead. Thanks.

 

Yeah you're on the right track, the short runner intakes like the Victor and TFS breadbox are much too short for a "stock" powerband, and by the same token the super long runners on the Performer truck system becomes restrictive at as low as 4000rpm, so something in the middle like the Explorer, the regular Performer, or the Typhoon( a performer copy) will best enhance your targeted powerband. I have seen some dyno results comparing the Explorer and Performer intakes and the Performer usually comes out on top unless the Explorer lower is ported by a knowledgeable hand. Like most factory intakes the Explorer/GT40 lowers suffer from badly kinked runners which require welding and straightening to match what the Performer can do out of the box. BTW.. here are a couple pics of my Typhoon 5.8 lower next to a stock 5.8 lower, no explanation necessary I'm sure.

 

Cool, thanks for the reply and the pics.. I was doing some more searching and stumbled across an old thread where you had a few posts as well.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...40-intake.html (Funny what you can find when you change the search terms around.)


Is the Typhoon a decent "quality" intake compared to the Edelbrock? Looks good in the pics.

In the dyno comparision you referred to, did the regular Performer give up much on the low end compared to the Explorer?

Thanks again.

 

Yeah the Typhoon is decent quality, not quite up to Edelbrock standards but more of a diamond in the rough. Internally everything is done as good as any other intake I've seen, the exterior finish on the upper portion in particular was just a little rough around the edges and that's partially why I had my intake powdercoated after I sanded off the rough spots. The exterior finish doesn't affect performance however so given the fact that this intake costs about 1/2 what the Performer does I think it's a good deal.

 

No they're nearly identical below 4000rpm and the Performer wins above that.

 

i run the efi truck intake on my 357 build in my bronco and find it was a huge upgrade for me but again like conanski said anything above 4k is mute. i offroad alot and tend to keep it under 4k unless absolutly necessary.

 

I search the forum high and low of such info and I'm so glad I found this. At nearly half the price I'll be buying a typhoon.

 

Mr. Conanski, looks like you are the Senior Guru of Ford truck Motor on this forum as I remember your name-Great Posts you have!!!
i am wondering if my 1991 5.8l Van has Coolant running through my Lower-Intake manifold??? as your pics look like they are the Dry style-older manifolds???
I wish mine didnt have the coolant routed through manifold as may leak. Reason is I am going to replace my valve-Cover gaskets and thot i wud re-torque my Intake man bolts, and buy new ARP Chromoly bolts first and put threadlocker Loctite glue on threads, and i will Not remove my intake to change-out these intake man bolts.
If i go to auto parts store and look ant Intake Gasket it should also tell me story if my manifold holds-routes the Coolant within the manifold or Not??
I want to re-torque with new bolts using glue so water-coolant wont leak and wont rust threads.
i hope my lower intake manifold has no coolant, and/or Ford used glue on my bolts at factory.
I think my lower manifold holds coolant by pics in my old haynes repair manual. 6 holes per bank, so 4 holes for Air-gas/ 1 at each end for cooling.. so 8 holes total for air-gas and 4 holes for coolant total???
I direly hope-pray that For made bolts that dont loosen or used glue on threads-so my orig gaskets and threads are not compromised-soggy/corroded- As Van is a Bit** to work on and i will be lucky to do the Valve cvr-racker cover gaskets, but i dont want to have to remove the Lower Intake manifold!!!
???Did OEM Ford use Threadlocker on my vans intake manifold Bolts at the factory-assembly line???
thx mch, CargoVanMan Ford 1991E-250 5.8L W