Lower Intake base - Accel or Edelbrock

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Mar 1, 2015 | 10:34 AM

Mark_ZZ3

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Car: 1989 Camaro-1LE

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Lower Intake base - Accel or Edelbrock

As luck would have it ... I have a choice.

An Accel TPI base OR an Edelbrock base.

Which one given the case that price is the same. Condition is the same (unported).

As Accel stopped making theirs long ago ... hard to compare.

Curious if anyone has experience which is better and why? Or are the differences so minute ... who cares?

Mark.

Mar 1, 2015 | 04:10 PM

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Axle/Gears: 3.08 posi, 3.23 posi, 3.23

Re: Lower Intake base - Accel or Edelbrock

I thought I read a comparison but I didn't find it. I did find this, read post #15 https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tpi/...-base-slp.html

I think I'd buy the Accel just because it seems vintage now.

Mar 1, 2015 | 04:13 PM

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Car: 1989 Camaro-1LE

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Axle/Gears: 3.45, 3.73

Re: Lower Intake base - Accel or Edelbrock

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Originally Posted by aliceempire

I thought I read a comparison but I didn't find it. I did find this, read post #15 https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tpi/...-base-slp.html

I think I'd buy the Accel just because it seems vintage now.

I have a Superram setup as well ... so the Accel base seems like the best part from a nostalgia point of view.