Edelbrock Pro Flo 4 EFI

darndart said

WTF was Edelbrock thinking when they made this manifold? Not a chance valve covers are going to fit either without serious modifications! Not everyone who buys this intake will have the equipment or skills to fix these fitment issues!!

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yeah, it's obvious that it won't fit. But it's like the distributor issue, I think that when it was on a part that was considered a "race" manifold, their expectation was that people are used to modifying race parts.

On the other hand, including it in a kit that has a low cost of entry for a full efi/ignition system puts it in the hands of regular people who expect stuff to bolt on.

I was lucky and knew in advance, I put my intake on the bridgeport and milled as much as I felt comfortable off the efi bosses. It was the distance to the top of the intake port that stopped me. The rest came out of the valve covers.

Honestly, I could have machined the intake, run cast or stamped covers and used a spacer to avoid the grinding. But the fabricated covers are huge, there was no other solution.