Need new manifold.........asking for help please

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When I bought my Duster it came with a 318. Someone had installed a Eldebrock 750 on the stock manifold. I am having no problen with the fuel system or its performance. "Charlotte" has stock exhaust manifolds but has duel exhaust all the out the back. Looking to change to an aluminum performance manifold and also the valve covers.

1) Which manifold would be recommended?
2) Who has the best prices for the manifold and also valve covers? Looking at putting the wrinkle black Mopar covers on.

As always ya'll are the best. Thanks for the help.
 
Unless you want to buy a used manifold (which is not a bad idea, at all), I'd reccomend the "Crosswind" Air Gap-style maniflod by Professional Products. It's a Chinese knockoff of an Edelbrock Air Gap 180-degree (dual-plane) manifold, but has slightly smaller ports, which could be good for your 318.

It's a little over $150.00, while the Edelbrock manifold is roughly $100.00 more.

I have had a Crosswind on my car for a couple of years with no issues of any kind.

If it's worth it to you to "buy American", the Edelbrock is a great manifold!!!

Edelbrock wasn't selling any Magnum manifolds yet, when I bought my Chinese manifold, and I needed a manifold so I went ahead and bought it and I have to say, it's been trouble-free. Of course, a manifold doesn't have any moving parts (hopefully!), so that's not surprising... 8)

Good luck!

Bill, in Conway, Arkansas
 
If it's the stock small-port heads the Edelbrock Performer would probably be the best choice. I'm looking to put one on my 318 with a ThermoQuad on top. You might not notice too much of a performance increase, but gas mileage would probably improve a bit and you'd have a lot less weight over the front wheels.
 
depending on what 4bbl intake was swapped onto the 318 another manifold may be just a a waste of money and time.
 
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