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Old Jan 31, 2013 | 04:54 AM
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Hi guys I've been seeing people on here sayin that there is a problem with using an elbow that turns down into the victor style intake. I had a Buick gn for a few years and a company called RJC Racing developed an air distribution plate to fix the problems for the Buick. Just wondering if someone makes a distribution plate for the victor style intake? I know people have started putting deflectors inside the elbows to push more air to the front but is that really helping?

http://rjcracing.com/product/airflow...ibution-plate/

I like the look of the victor jr. Intake and want it on my build but don't want to take a chance of hurting the engine over how cool something looks.

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Old Jan 31, 2013 | 07:40 AM
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I had the Vic Jr and Tall Elbow on mine. I liked the looks and didn't have any problems with it. I had heard about the same issue though and got a chance to trade straight up for a Edelbrock Pro Flo XT and did. I like the looks of it even more and it will be interesting to see what the difference is.

I like the plate and 1" spacer but a Vic Jr. and Tall Elbow already sit very, very high. It sat much higher than my current Pro Flo intake. That really surprised me.
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Old Jan 31, 2013 | 08:23 AM
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I have a Vic Jr and their small elbow on my blown 370 and my plugs look great! All holes are very even. Matter of fact, they look better than when it was a stock LS6 with LS6 intake.
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Old Jan 31, 2013 | 08:26 AM
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yeah, its called a 4bbl throttle body and a EV elbow on top
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Old Jan 31, 2013 | 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Wicked69
I had the Vic Jr and Tall Elbow on mine. I liked the looks and didn't have any problems with it. I had heard about the same issue though and got a chance to trade straight up for a Edelbrock Pro Flo XT and did. I like the looks of it even more and it will be interesting to see what the difference is.

I like the plate and 1" spacer but a Vic Jr. and Tall Elbow already sit very, very high. It sat much higher than my current Pro Flo intake. That really surprised me.
Have you noticed any differance in performance going with the pro flo
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Old Jan 31, 2013 | 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Grr
yeah, its called a 4bbl throttle body and a EV elbow on top
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any reason not to run just a 1' or 2' spacer if clearance permits
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Old Jan 31, 2013 | 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by bttlfed98gt
any reason not to run just a 1' or 2' spacer if clearance permits
would the 1 0r 2" spacer allow enough room for the air to straighten out and be effective? if so ill make one that is 2 or 2.5 " otherwise it looks like im gonna start looking for one of the edelbrock pro flow intakes.
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also thank you everyone for your input. it is very helpful for a 22 year old kid who is building his first FI car
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i believe mercella was designing a 3 piece elbow with a fin inside the elbow to help distribute air. ill try to find it on yellow bullet
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there is so much to be learned in that thread itll make your head hurt ^ just a tip

correction. berry motorsports is selling them.

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Old Jan 31, 2013 | 07:38 PM
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Thanks for the info! Ill search through it later tonight
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