Received a very nice thank you from Edelbrock today.

pittsburghracer said

Just thinking real quick but do you know what would be pretty cool. What if Edelbrock copied a Speedmaster intake in the way they have both bolt patterns for LA and magnum heads. I’m not saying do away with the LA only intake but a small mod and a different part number may entice guys that bounce between both engines into buying one. Hmmmmm. Patient pending. Lol

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I thought about this as well. The problem then becomes the serpentine setup from the factory Magnum setup.

If they kept the Magnum thermostat housing and bypass location along with the Magnum intake bolt pattern, it would be easy to run that combo in a truck or A-body swap with or without fuel injection, all while keeping the Magnum air conditioning and serpentine belt setup.

Does not help the LA guys at all, but also would not hurt them in any way. Dual pattern could possibly cause valve cover rail interference.