20 Best Intake Manifold For Vortec Heads (2022 Updated)

This intake manifold has got the Edelbrock “Made In The USA” quality that has been their signature for many years. It is a very sturdy manifold, and all of the machined surfaces are true and well finished.

I received the manifold the next day after ordering it, and I can thank Summit for that. I was able to get a promotional discount, and saving every bit you can on your build is important these days. I gave it an Excellent rating because it is an Excellent product, and I would recommend it for your build, mild or wild.

Regards, Craig.

was loosely packaged and not in a nice marketing decorated box just a plain one. No stickers or shirt patches as a freebie. Booo!!! Otherwise Not broken and says edelbrock on the intake. Guess that’s all you get these days.

Not even any summit stickers or sales freebies either. Probably due to no one understanding the excitement that one used to express when their high performance parts came in the mail back in the day!!! You could wear that new hat or t shirt and the cool stickers on the bumper or back glass.

Made a big difference in the appeal and Was a great way to get a repeat sale or a new customer. Some things you just shouldn’t change. PS It doesn’t have the “MADE IN THE USA” Emblem on the intake either.

The last one I bought 4 years ago did!!!! Makes me wonder where it was made !!!.

This is a great manifold to replace that horrible designed volvo manifold that has the water jacket go under the carb. I only gave it 4 stars because it doesn’t come with gaskets or pipe plugs to block off the vacuum and water ports.

You will need an an adapter plate if you’re putting the stock 2bbl carb back on, got mine from napa. The thermostat housing is shifted to the port side a bit and makes a tight fitting alternator.

Intake fits and functions fine, but I would say not worth the extra price over the similar speedmaster intake offered here on Summit. I’ve had speedmaster and similar offshore intakes before, and the casting and machining was always a bit rough, so I opted for the edelbrock to forego that.

However, the casting is as rough as any offshore intake I have seen, and all the machined surfaces are dotted with these little voids, and the surfaces for the distributor and intake bolts was really rough.

Used this intake on a customers 1978 Corvette. He had cheap import Scorpion 210cc cylinder heads on it with the dual intake bolt pattern. Turns out this intake fits the ports (which are large) and fit under the stock hood.

Regained his lost low end torque and pulled till the cams peak. Thank goodness!.

Upon initial inspection this intake looks great, has all the ports required for my small block, it also came with any plugs required. I was however surprised it did not come with gaskets as my past edelbrock intakes have.

All in all seems like usual edelbrock quality casting and machining.

Changed my stock intake and carb to this 2703 and the 1906 carb, oh yeah!!! Big pickup in torque. My 1968 chevy c20 has never been so happy! She finally is breathing the way that she should. Able to pull the hills with very little throttle.

Very impressed.

I ordered this intake from summit and it shipped the same day. Arrived the next day at my house which I was extremely happy about. Then I opened the box to look at the intake to find it less than satisfactory.

The ports looked like a 5 year old did them will be sending it back to get a new one. Hopefully they can send me one that is worth what I paid for.

Very nice and well made. My only gripe is that a holley style carb covers the only vacuum port on the manifold. You must purchase edlebrocks special low profile fitting if your carb doesn’t have the required ports for pcv/ power brakes/ trans vacuum (which it probably doesn’t).

Had a few other competitors products brought to the desk to inspect and choose the one i thought was best. Other companies products had gaint casting boogers in the intake ports and just seemed chinese made.

I chose an edelbrock intake manifold for the 3rd time in a row now.

Pros: Great reputation | Proven design | Overall fit good | Competitively priced Cons: Casting was a bit sloppy in a couple of places and could have been cleaned up easily. but was just finished over | Instructions too generic > covers multiple models and makes it easy to confuse the torque specs | For SBC 350, most aftermarket electronic oil pressure senders will not fit due to the intake design at the back of the block.

Had to order fittings to get my auto meter sender reinstalled which was a bummer.

Put this manifold on my 383. Ive had the Performer RPM manifold before, but not an air gap. These are the ultimate street/strip manifold setups. The fit and finish is excellent with only a few little areas inside the runners the clean up.

Otherwise an excellent casting!.

This intake is a really great Buy. I use it with 60985 heads and rolling thunder 2231 cam. The motor is really Stout the intake has a nice look to it the casting is nice. I was able to get to seal fairly easily.

The Machining was also great.

Fit and finish was great, though I haven’t started my engine yet. One weird thing was it came with 4 intake bolts to use during installation. These bolts were too short for my application. They only grabbed maybe a single thread in my heads.

This same thing happened with my intake bolt kit I had purchased too. I ended up buying 1. 5″ SS bolts and it bolts up perfect. Maybe intake is thicker than some? So far I’m very happy with my intake!.

Did not buy this intake through summit BUT just wanted to let everyone know you do need intake bolts for this. The ARP Chromoly Intake Manifold Bolt Kits 135-2002 are the ones you need. I put this intake on a 454, these bolts are for both 454 and 502, don’t be fooled by the description.

The OEM intake bolts are too short.

Overall, the aesthetics of this intake manifold are nice. I’ve no intentions to clear coat it, so just hopeful that it’s general luster and appearance hold up to dialing in the engine and the usual heat cycles.

I guess time will tell. As for the overall construction, no excess flashing or porosity. You can definitely tell it is a sand casting, but I knew that on the front end before purchasing. If you’re looking for a smooth finish, you’ll have to pony up for the Endurashine version.

Only notable issue I have is that the Felpro’s 1206 gasket seems perfect for my NKB heads but not for this intake’s runners. The runners on the passenger side are generally aligned, but the driver’s side.

Eh, not so much (see Driver’s side pics). I’ll be relying on Gasgacinch to seal these around the intake’s manifold ports as the blue seal doesn’t appear to be of use because of how far outside of the ports it’s applied.

Maybe a smaller intake gasket would have had better alignment.

Bolted on to my 85 firebird. No issues with fitment. Did lots of measuring and figuring before ordering. With a Holley sniper efi and short air cleaner of less then 2” carb to top offset it barely clears my hood.

Much nicer throttle response and fantastic look.

Love the performance and Edelbrock makes a solid product. Did have a little installation issue though, It has a very thick base on it and it physically wouldn’t fit in the valley. The bottom outside edge of the manifold base would hit the head.

Called Edelbrock tech and it was recommended to grind a 45 degree chamfer on the bottom edge of the base for clearance. That did work fine, just seems funny to take a grinder to a brand new manifold.

It replaced an old Performer manifold that fit perfectly but had a much thinner base, and I’m running World S/R Torquer heads. They did say it would fit fine with Edelbrock heads.

Ordered on a Tuesday, received it 2 days later, so shipping was fast. After much research I bought it because of the value, is US made, and stands out in head to head intake comparisons. Finish is good, really not better or worse than other manifolds I’ve purchased in the past, but certainly acceptable.

It is known the 4 middle bolt holes are very close to the intake runners requiring careful washer selection which some bolt and washer sets do address with 4 different diameter washers for the middle 4 bolts, however the front holes near the water passage are very tight as well and it took some time and fiddling around to figure out.

I started with a Cometric bolt set with washers that does not work. The washers bent and cupped and I could not torque the manifold. I found grade 8 Dorman washers which are slightly thicker and smaller in diameter at the local auto parts store.

Make sure the 3/8″ x 1″ bolts you use are perfectly flat on the underside of the head as some have a round step on the underside which will not seat down flat on the washers causing torque down issues.

Great product for the price and what it is. Functions pretty decent on a 305cid Chevy with a cam/lifter kit. To get the true potential benefits from this intake you need to think about your carburetor and exhaust as well.

Stock just won’t do. The biggest improvement I would like to see made would be improving the outside coating. Looks kinda cheesy, It will be interesting to see how it holds up. However in this price range you can’t have it all and this is a decent product.

I like Edelbrock products, but I have had much trouble with water leaks on this manifold. I have used FelPro and Mr. Gasket gaskets, but I cannot keep the manifold from leaking water at the front passages.

I use a proper amount of silicone sealer on the water runners. I have spent much time re-torquing the new bolts, but after running the engine for 30 minutes or so, they are loose again and the manifold is leaking.

It acts like the manifold is not sitting flat on the heads of the new GM crate motor.

Glad I got one of these while they were still in stock and not back ordered for months. Looks great, goes on good. I put this on a freshly rebuilt 454 with stock 781 truck heads. I did this while it was out of the truck, on a stand, which makes it a lot easier to get bolts started, etc.

I don’t know if it makes much a difference performance wise but I love the fact that it is very light weight compared to the stock manifold. Used the Edelbrock gaskets and manifold bolts. Threads for plugs are good and clean so easy stuff there.

Was a little worried about the gap on the ends in the middle but followed the standard advice of RTV gasket maker to seal these up and so far all good.

Looks good. Excellent intake. Went on as it was supposed to I think. My only issue is it came with nothing. Just the intake in a box. No packing or instructions it was sliding around in the box. I dont know if it was supposed to come with any hardware or port plugs but nothing.

Not that I want them but I am surprised it did not even come with a edelbrock sticker. I gave it only 4 on ease of install because of lack of directions. If there was a rating section for packaging I would give it a poor I dont know how it arrived intact.

I bought this for my 496 and notice some of the sand casting up front could be better. Almost like this intake was seconds. I bought the same Intake manifold 4-5 years back for another big block and it had better appearing casting.

Swapped over from a Holley “Strip Dominator” dual plane to this street style dual plane performer and a lot of the intake plugs & fittings wouldn’t swap over. Not blaming Edelbrock for that but hoping that’ll help someone out there.

There’s no plug/fitting kit that comes with it and the RTV black tube that comes with it is just plain CUTE. Very small. They could’ve added a new thermostat housing gasket too. That also doesn’t come in the kit either.

I would gladly pay a little more for a kit with intake plugs/fittings, a bigger tube of RTV black and a thermostat gasket.

Nice quality parts, came with intake manifold, intake gaskets, carb gasket, distributor gasket, carb studs, intake bolts, and a tube of RTV black. Gaskets were good quality and worked perfectly with my gen 1 SBC.

Bolted right on and looks great. Only slight negative I could give is that it would have been nice to have just a little more RTV black. The tube provided got the job done, however I almost ran out. So I’m a little worried my seals are too thin but we’ll see once I’m done building the engine and start it up Overall I’m very happy!.

This proved to be a very nice kit with high quality components. Everything fit up as expected and the kit had good instructions with it. Only think I would change is to provide just a slightly larger amount of RTV for the front /back of the block and the coolant jackets.

So basically you might just want to have some extra on hand.

I have a 1952 Jeep Willy’s with a 327 between the rails. I had a original Edelbrock Torker 1 single plane manifold on it and wanted more low end torque to match my cam (1500 to 6000 power band). I installed the performer rpm last week and immediately noticed improved idle, and a broad power band from just off idle thru 6500 rpm.

i actually broke my 33 inch BF Goodrich tires loose when it hit 2nd gear! It looks great, installation was easy and the results are night and day.

Still the best all around intake for street/strip SBC applications. Unlike alot of other dual plane intakes out there; the Performer RPM has enough material around the intake port openings to be opened up to Fel-Pro 1206 dimensions and be used with today’s larger 200cc intake runnered aftermarket heads.

bought this manifold to replace a castiron 2bbl on a boat. fit was great and increase in power is unbelievable with a 600 carb. i’d recommend it to anyone with more h/p in mind for a reasonably price.

Great service from Eggs. I haven’t installed the manifold yet, but the delivery was ahead of schedule and well packaged. I’ll provide an update as soon as I install the manifold.

Those Chinese out did themselves. The quality is amazing!! The price, unbeatable!!

Although this intake has a dual pattern it will not work with a holley 750 double pumper due to the location of the brake vacuum port, a carb spacer is required to provide enough clearance to install a vacuum fitting.

I was skeptical buying a Chinese made casting but it fits surprisingly well. Good quality. Good machining.

My truck runs amazing,and I’m even using my stock TBI with an adapter plate, which is not a normal application.

Got this intake nice piece. So we installed it got truck running ran good for 10 minutes then started smoking white. So of course thought head gasket or intake gasket installed wrong. Did intake gasket had it all back together then went to start it and it was hydro locked with ant-freeze.

Well did a experiment. Removed intake blocked off ends poured work down water neck and minute later water coming out of intake runners. Anyone else have this issue?.

Haven’t installed it yet but it is a nice manifold. I’ve read some reviews of folks griping about the EGR but cmon people. You can purchase an EGR delete plate as well as an EGR plug. It would be nice to have that stuff with the manifold but why would Chevrolet Performance do that? They assume you are replacing a cast manifold for this one.

Chevy parts always seem to be WAY overpriced and I did have to spend approx. $40 for a delete plate and plug but it is worth it for me.

Shipping was exttemely fast, the price was the best i had found from a trusted source. Overall the casting and machining are excellent. Designers did not put much thought into its full function. It is designed to be used on vortec heads with tbi.

If you are planning to use on an earlier model truck, be prepared to be nickel and dimed on adaptive parts. The tbi bolts right up, but nothing else does not You will need the aluminum alternator and ac brackets, as the one piece steel does not allow room for the coolant bypass.

The brake vacuum port is not the same thread as early model trucks (metric in truck, standard 3/8 on manifold). The egr port is not the same thread as the tube that is recommended. It would be cheaper to make your own egr tube than to even by the dorman equivalent, I tapped mine.

But they do sell a plug to fit for $20(why design something to be used, if you only design it to be used with a block off plug?) Throttle bracket needsto be modified, so far no one sells one that works.

That’s as far as I have gotten, waiting for more surprises. Hope this helps future consumers.

IšverstiShow in original languageThis MSD manifold came from factory from assembly line looks like a little kid got a hand dremel and tried porting out the Intake Ports leaving holes and scrape marks on the iner walls of the ports.

Called MSD they said is normal from there assembly line. Installed it on the car and dynoed the car didnt make any power at all! Removed it and sent it out for porting and fill in the Port holes made 20whp on the dynoe without tuning it! Now I have a functional MSD car pulls like a Freight Train.

IšverstiShow in original languageInstallation was fairly easy about 2 hours start to finish. Toughest part was the back two bolts. A little disappointed that it just leaves the injector wiring harness laying uncovered.

I was able to 3d print my own brackets and reinstall the stock fuel rail covers for a cleaner look. It’s still snowing, so have to wait on the test drive and find out if there was any performance gain.

IšverstiShow in original languageBig difference in every way from the oem intake,sounds,looks better,i added a soler performance 100mm throttle body to it,fitted perfect

IšverstiShow in original languageThis is a very nice manifold. I was most impressed with the appearence of the casting in the plenum and runners. If you look a photos online of some manifolds there are inconsistencies from one side of the plenum to the other.

Holley must be using new tooling or modern casting techniques or both because this thing doesn’t need any touch up at all. Completely satisfied. Re: comments on fel pro gaskets. I took the warnings to heart and ordered Mr.

Gasket 102G. Made from 1/16” traditional gasket material it lines up perfectly with plenty of sealing area. Not reccomended for the street unless you are willing to live with a soggy low rpm operation but for race only this can’t be beat for performance, price and apperance.

Nice manifold summit. Cast correctly, runners lined up with head. gaskets fit in center of casting. Summit did their Quality control. Edelbrock 2716 performer EPS is going back for failing all the above items noted.

Save yourself a hundred bucks and the frustration.

I am building a limited budget engine and could not drop a bunch of money on a high dollar intake, so I hit eBay to see what I could find to fit my vortec heads. This intake seemed to be a good balance of features for the price.

It looks like it is a direct copy of a more expensive Weiand Street Warrior intake, so it is probably a decent performer. I had planned on smoothing up the outside before powder-coating it, but it did not need anything other than a good cleaning.

All in all, I am satisfied with the quality, finish and fit of this budget priced part from Summit.

As a machinist I can see that this intake is made of good casting that was carefully machined. I haven’t mounted it yet because I’m still gasket matching the intake and heads but initial fit up looks to be spot on.

This intake also does not have a notch in the plenum which in my opinion defeats the purpose of a dual plane intake to some degree. For the price I am happy to sacrafice the piddly gain you get with an air gap.

IšverstiShow in original languagePerfect fit on my assault aluminum heads. I could not ask for more.

IšverstiShow in original languageNice clean casting that I will buy again for my next Vortec build.

Bought a chevelle ten years ago that the owner installed a sbc 400, roller cam & rockers, victor Jr manifold and a Holley 4150 carb. It always ran ok but was hard to start and idled poorly even after tuning for altitude.

This new manifold/carb combo worked wonders right out of the box. Since it starts so easy and idles so smooth now, I’ll have to fight the wife over who’s going to drive now. She was afraid of it before.

Thanks!.

You can buy a name brand manifold that is the same casting as this, you just have to pay more. The machining is nice enough to make sure everything fits, the rough casting could have more attention paid during mold making but you’ll never see a performance issue due to this.

It’s a lite unit, has dual dizzy hold downs, high rise split plenum, and separated runners for a cooler charge. It’s on a new build so I can’t say how performance compares but I’m happy with it and don’t feel this is the limiting component in my build.

I’d buy it again for sure.

Purchased this to replace a somewhat “questionable” intake that was part of a crate motor. It arrived in just a few days and was a perfect fit! I have noticed a slight improvement in idle quality and a noticeable difference in the way the engine runs.

I would recommend this to anyone looking for a budget friendly intake and not concerned about what name is displayed on the top of their motor. I like the Summit name, and even have the matching 750CFM carb on top of the intake!.

I replaced the stock 350 with a Blueprint 350 in my ’72 El Camino, which came with Vortec heads, rendering my old Edelbrock intake manifold unusable for this application. This manifold did the trick, dropped right in.

It looks great, and with my old 4bbl bolts, the carb mounted quickly with ease. Would highly recommend.