Intake & Carb question

Yup, it is a Torker 1 and I've always thought it was junk. Thanks for confirming! Interesting that it is an aftermarket piece... I always assumed that since it has "340" on the manifold it was a factory piece.

My car is a cruiser... "A serious go around town car". I enjoy tons of power as much as the next guy, but I won't be racing the car and I don't have the money or need for a 400 HP build.

The engine is a 318 (I'm told it is .030 over) with small valve J heads, and headers. It has a mystery cam, but whatever it is it sounds reasonably aggressive for the street. I can still idle at 800 RPM, but it's good and lumpy. Rear end is a 3.23 sure grip. I won't be getting a new motor and I won't be changing the gear in the rear end any time soon, so I have to work with what I have. The transmission is a POS 904 from an '83 Fifth Avenue. It has a mechanical lock up converter which is great for the long highway trips, but the stall speed is about 2000 RPM. I will be upgrading the transmission soon after I do the intake & carb. Being the thrifty kind of guy I am (read: cheap) I want to burn it out before I replace it. Also, if the transmission is toasted it makes it makes it that much easier to get the upgrade past the gatekeeper. (She doesn't really mind when I spend money on the cars, but I've noticed that whenever I do an upgrade there's some purse or pair of shoes or whatever that she just must have and can't live without. I can usually do a repair without having to fork out some cash for her nonsense as well.) So let's assume I have a 727 trans with a stall speed around 2600 RPM.

I always felt that the intake was limiting me... I know it is a single plane unit and when you combine that with my relatively low gear ratio and crap transmission, the car doesn't do much in the first 40 feet. Once the revs get up to about 3000 all hell breaks loose, but I'm a low end kind of guy. I'm looking to put on an intake and carb that will maximize my bottom end torque. Is the performer RPM my best bet?