Hello everyone. Mick here from Louisiana. I have an Edelbrock Intake for a small block chevy. The unit is from the late 60s. It is a torquer 1 with pat pending also cast into it. I am thinking this may be the first line Edelbrock produced of this series? I have had it since the late 60s and removed it from a race motor I have on hand. I understand these units are not very viable for street use. This being an early unit would it be a bit more desirable to someone building a vintage appearing small block Chevy. I often see these single plain manifolds for sale and they dont seem to command high prices or a lot of interest.
Those who know such things don't think highly of the Torker. The current design single plane intakes are so much better, no serious performance build would take a Torker as a gift. Maybe some no-budget street guy would run it if the price were low enough. jack vines
If you're building a car like you would have 50 years ago, that's the intake to have. If you want a good intake, use something else. That said...I recently ran one for a while on the street, it worked OK, but not great, since the rest of the car was not really matched to the intake. If you do set everything up to work with it, you can get acceptable results.
I had a friend give me one for a 289, he even sandblasted it for me first. It's been sitting in the shop now for ten years......I did say thanks.
Thanks guys. The motor it was on ran really well. Of course it was a top end runner in an oval track racer. I wont be using it. Unfortunate it is in really good condition. Obsolete at beast.
The early Torker isn't bad at all much better than the standard Performer which is really a weight saver,the Torker II is the one to avoid. Match it with Cam that has a power band of 2000 to 6500 RPM and you should like it.
It came out boasting of mid-range gains in HP & T. Running it on a street only 355 in. SBC below 6500 rpm, it was good.
I am installing the same motor in a lightweight coupe body, with a 4 speed Muncie. Pitman stated "mid range torque advantages" It did pull hard off corners in a chevelle oval track car. The inertia of a rolling masss and a lightweight flywheel made it snap when throttle was cracked open. I have acquired a M/T vintage cross ram I intend to use with this motor. I will just keep the torker for a back up if the M/T does not prove suitable for street use. I am not looking for a polite smooth silent cruiser like most guys seem to prefer. Rather a somewhat nasty and obnoxious small block to pique and offend the gold chainers sensibilities! Just for fun, like when I was young.
How does the TM1 compare? Is it an older version of the Torker? I had one come on top of a really hopped up 327 I’ve yet to run...
Edelbrock came out with the Tarantula before the TORKER. Had to write that in capitals to fool spell check. Sent from my SM-T350 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
TM-1 that may be what I have. It looks the same. It was not bright in my shed and I dont see well in shadows. I will walk it outside tomorrow and check.
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