OLDER EDELBROCK PERFORMER INTAKE POTENTIAL ON A 340
i think the performer was more aimed at the 318 and 360 2V crowd, what with the provisions for a choke, EGR and coil as well as AC mounts incorporated into it-- more of a "better factory replacement" piece. where as the RPM was more along the lines of the LD lineage- noticeably larger plenum, runners, bigger ports.
i don't have the article/info to back it up-- i'm too lazy to find it, but i remember it being that the three of them were about 5~7hp away from each other on the same set up. obviously, you could conduct the test to favor one over the other, but on a basic level that was the gist of it.