Cross Fire Injection. Method of fuel delivery in the L82 motor. The 1984 is the only C4 to use the L82. This is the same engine used in the 1982 C3. ...
Subject: Re: Best Castings in the Market? by bogus on 2008/12/22 0:27:48
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jsup wrote: YES!!! I forgot about that. Ya know, Musi did try to get me to Edlebrock when I first walked in, as he does a ton of work for them.
I pushed for Brodix, but at the end of the day, I told him it was his call. He chose Darts. I just as easily could have wound up with Edlebrocks. They do have real good top line products, not just the cheap stuff ya know.
Maybe he made more money on Dart, IDK, but I don't need that last 50 HP. I don't care about it. I have plenty.
I wonder why I keep blocking Edlebrock out of my mind. I shouldn't do that.
I just think if you own it, you can hire, fire, and control it better. Not saying outsourcing is bad, just saying I think ownership has its advantages.
I think the problem with Edelbrock is that too many people perceive their product as being "mass produced" and not "ultimate performance."
I met their director of R&D, he has a Dr in engineering. I don't think that is the sign of a low browe firm.
To be honest, anything at this level isn't cheap. When it comes down to it, tho, once you pass the $2000 price point for a pair of heads, the next price point is $40k for NASCAR type heads. And even those don't offer much more air flow potential... just different priorities. They are also designed to run at sustained higher RPMs. Port and valve angles all get wacky.
Now to that extreme, Dart has this head, the Little Chief:
Note that it looks like a Mark IV big block head. It would require a specialized intake and exhaust. I would love to know the performance charactoristics of those heads.
According to one site, those are designed for sprint cars, running at over 8000 RPM. uh-huh.
