Come on Edelbrock. Get your act together.
Anyone ever notice how bad the Edelbrock LD4B's are? I have two or them and the ports look like that, plus the ports are shorter and fatter than the 273-318 intake gasket. So their bad quality goes back to the late 60's and early 70's. I have quite a few Holley intakes, their castings most generally look really nice, their port windows are straight and the same size as the gasket. I believe they come from the Winter's foundry, the foundry that cast most of GM's aluminum intakes, Every one of those that I've seen, always looked nice also.