Well i have a 5.7 l98 block and heads took off the tpi and swapped out to a torker 3 intake and holly 600cfm double pumper mech sec .Seems like the car was running decent.It was pulling nice.But it seems slow for some reason. and it has no power in 4and mainly 5 gear does any one have a 5 speed and there L98 block and yes i installed it .It seems like no real hp at top end .help me out could it be the carb it was'nt brand new.Just a rebuild.

 

Thats kinda goofy.

The carb setup generally wont have near the low end grunt that the TPI had but it should definately be making more power in the upper RPMs.

What RPMs are you at when you hit 4th and 5th? Im thinking your noticing all that bottom end torque you just lost!

 

torker 3? huh, I must be living in a cave.

Perhaps needs carb tuning?

 

well 4 and 5 around 5500 and they just fell weak .4th not as bad but it still sucks.Edelbrock Torker Intake ithe one i have on i though that was the best way to go .for 35.00 at the swap meet i blasted it and it looks great . so no answer i've tryrd tuning and messed up once or twice do you think mybe spark plugs.

 

Thats an open plenum intake isn't it. Not exactly the intake I would but on an L98 motor thats mad for torque. I would choose a dual plenum intake. Should still make good power to 6000. Fourth and fifth gear aren't going to "set" you back in your pants anyway, but I would say its a combination mismatch with that intake.

 

The torker intake, as far as I remember is renowned for being one of the worst pieces of crap that ever existed. I'd double check that thought here on this forum, before you heave it in the trash though.

And yea, verify mixture, and spark setup.

 

well the intake combo it not right for know but plan on put a better cam in ,but this was a l98 at one point in time but i used a accel dis i had .The roller cam in side is there a good chance that the gear on the aftermarket distrubeter geting chewed up.

 

Don't take this in the wrong context, but your choice of parts is pretty bad. I have to agree with Sonix. I've never heard of a Torker 3 either. As far as I know, the Torker II was the last one they made. Whatever the case, you'd get a lot better results with a Performer RPM Airgap or a Weiand Stealth. Either of these would agree really well with that Holley DP. You also mentioned using an Accel distributor. Most, if not all Accel products should go directly from their manufacturing plant into a huge garbage bin somewhere. Have you put in a distributor with a vacuum advance on it? You probably need to since the ecm, which controls the advance on a factory distributor, is basically useless with a carbureted motor.

 

Well i was wronge and i should have fixed my self about the intake it's a org Torker .I think the accell dis is better then a GM factory one and yes it has a vacuum advance . well back to the intake why do you guys dislike the intake im using,past problems,wronge spec for my factory cam 5.7.I mean hey ill take anyone word for it with well given proof .Did you have one?I always though that the qiucker you get your gas to you heads that the snappy the car would be if tuned right ,i think a big hole would be better then a gap thaat speads out.Another issue is that the motor is stock ok the roller cam now could that be chewing up my dis gear? Give me some feeed back i'm not saying any one wronge thank you.

 

I agree with Rob Wade, you've swapped a low rpm range intake system, for a broader rpm range intake, the cam needs to match the system you're using. As far as the Dizzy goes, your best bet would be to contact Accel for drive gear compatability.

 

The torker 2 intake is just an abysmal (bad) design. It's like a combination of a low RPM and high RPM manifold, so you get the worst of both worlds unfortunately.

Your partially right, a LONG intake runner will give better low end grunt, like a stock TPI intake manifold for example. A short runner (like a mini ram) will exentuate the higher RPM better.
If you have more straight tall runners, rather than short bent runners, then it'll help more for top end power as well (look at an Edelbrock performer vs a Victor Jr). You want a compromise, like a performer RPM or stealth, as mentioned.

The air gap manifold just means there is a gap below the manifold for air to pass by, which helps keep the intake and carb cooler, cooler is more dense, that makes more power. It doesn't change the runner size or length or anything, just the material is moved around.

I can't think off the top of my head why it's eating drive gears. Perhaps someone who's added a different dist to a roller cam motor can help you out. Or Accel, they'd be the best bet to ask.

 

Yeah, I'm just going by what I've read in countless magazine articles regarding intake manifold shootouts when it comes to the ones I mentioned. Those two are always some of the highest rated ones for all around good power. I don't think the Torker intake has even been mentioned in a manifold shootout for probably about 15-20 years now. As far as the distributor gear issue, you really do need to contact Accel or Summit/Jegs techline and ask them about the gear compatibility with a billet roller cam. I know the billet cams supposedly require a distributor gear that's made of a different material.

 

Its not eating gears i just did'nt use the gear off the factory l98 engine. I just did'nt want the gear to be geting chewed up from the roller cam . i guess ill look for a better intake.