I guess I really don't understand the general point.
Holley Strip Dominator vs. Edelbrock Victor 340
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rmchrgr
Skate And Destroy
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My new-to-me Victor 340 showed up today. As mentioned previously, I had one on my old W2 340 so it's kinda like seeing an old friend again.
In any event, this one has had some work done to it. I honestly don't know exactly what I'm looking at but it seems consistent from port to port. They left the dividers alone and only sort of "touched up" the plenum under the throttle body opening. Hard to see in the pic but the floor has been blended/smoothed I guess for lack of a better description.
I read up on intake porting and went down a rabbit hole regarding surface finish. If you believe what you read on the interwebs, a "dimpled" or sort of rough finish can prevent fuel drop out and ultimately help make power. Reading through all that it occurred to me the grinding on my Strip Dominator might actually be too smooth. My inclination is to blend this work a little better while trying not to make it super smooth. Not sure how that would work out. This is the finish up close.
Runners.
Similar to my Strip Dominator, I'd say it's been more "gasket matched" than "port matched" though it's hard to tell just looking at it. Will be a bit before this thing is bolted on and checked out for reals but thanks to JustinP I have a good idea how to proceed on that front. Hopefully it's not too far off.
Thoughts? Questions? Comments? 1-800-EAT-....
My new-to-me Victor 340 showed up today. As mentioned previously, I had one on my old W2 340 so it's kinda like seeing an old friend again.
In any event, this one has had some work done to it. I honestly don't know exactly what I'm looking at but it seems consistent from port to port. They left the dividers alone and only sort of "touched up" the plenum under the throttle body opening. Hard to see in the pic but the floor has been blended/smoothed I guess for lack of a better description.
I read up on intake porting and went down a rabbit hole regarding surface finish. If you believe what you read on the interwebs, a "dimpled" or sort of rough finish can prevent fuel drop out and ultimately help make power. Reading through all that it occurred to me the grinding on my Strip Dominator might actually be too smooth. My inclination is to blend this work a little better while trying not to make it super smooth. Not sure how that would work out. This is the finish up close.
Runners.
Similar to my Strip Dominator, I'd say it's been more "gasket matched" than "port matched" though it's hard to tell just looking at it. Will be a bit before this thing is bolted on and checked out for reals but thanks to JustinP I have a good idea how to proceed on that front. Hopefully it's not too far off.
Thoughts? Questions? Comments? 1-800-EAT-....
Keep it up Greg!
B3422w5
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look at the Victor i just had done. Just made a thread about it couple days ago on here. Guy did very nice work on it
rmchrgr
Skate And Destroy
I got it like this Rob, I only just took it out of the box tonight. The ad said "quality gasket matched".
Wow, that thing seems to have had some work done to it. I'm not doing anything to mine until I bolt it on and see how it lines up though.
After you’ve done some baselining, get yourself a die grinder and some burrs and have at it. Smooth out the bumps and bulges that are in the 3/5 and 4/6 short turn radius’s and outside radius’s of the same runners at a minimum, do a port/gasket match, blend it up into the runners some, work the plenum carb flange to runners as you see fit. Burr finish or roll it with some 40 or 60 grit, whatever. Here’s some eye candy, nothing shown that hasn’t been done by others here or elsewhere, a couple of little details applied as has been mentioned by Vizard, Weingartner and Speier. Can’t wait to run this thing and see the results.
3/1 and 2/4 runners (note 1/2 divider: 1 knife edge/ 2 radius detail per Vizard/Weingartner)
6/8 and 7/5 runners (note 7/5 divider: 7 knife edge/ 5 radius detail per as above)
7/5/3/1 runners
3/1 and 2/4 runners (note 1/2 divider: 1 knife edge/ 2 radius detail per Vizard/Weingartner)
6/8 and 7/5 runners (note 7/5 divider: 7 knife edge/ 5 radius detail per as above)
7/5/3/1 runners
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Rat Bastid
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OldmanRick
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Man that's purrdy. 
Swinger 340
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Nice Job with the runners. I made a comment a few months ago on just that, tumbling the fuel with the ruffing of runners and was beat up by someone. Thanks for reinforcing my thoughts. Note: This is a better job than I did. 
It certainly looks pretty if I do say so myselfNice Job with the runners. I made a comment a few months ago on just that, tumbling the fuel with the ruffing of runners and was beat up by someone. Thanks for reinforcing my thoughts. Note: This is a better job than I did.
Could I have made it worse vs. leaving it in OOTB condition? Meh. Street might say one thing, at the strip another. We shall see!
rmchrgr
Skate And Destroy
Wow, looks good. That's a lot of work.
I do need to get some longer shank burrs for the hard-to-reach areas. Got a box of sanding rolls already.
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