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Non Compos Mentis
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Off the grid- Almost
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Vic Edelbrock Jr, 1936-2017
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06-13-2017, 04:51 PM
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Slackerous Maximus
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Columbus, OH
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Legend.
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06-13-2017, 05:32 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
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Rest in peace Vic... and thanks for the good speed equipment!
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"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent." -Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.) |
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06-13-2017, 05:51 PM
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that damn name is tattooed all over my Poncho engine. Nice stuff, but jeez. I think I need to change up a bit.
RIP. rjp
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06-13-2017, 06:18 PM
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Fun to watch Mr. Edelbrock race his '63 Corvette in historic races. Very accomplished driver along with being an excellent entrempreneur.
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06-13-2017, 06:36 PM
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The mopar 340 six pack engines in the "cuda and challenger? Mopar had Edelbrock make them...painted them red, but Edelbrock designed and made them.
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"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent." -Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.) |
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06-13-2017, 06:37 PM
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No self respecting Chevy had anything other than an Edelbrook high rise manifold and Holley carb. On my `67 Chevelle SS:
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06-13-2017, 06:46 PM
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My old '77 Dodge Powerwagon has an edelbrock performer and a small (625 cfm) AFB. 4X4, so built more for torque than high rpm power...
I wonder how many here had something edelbrock on their various cars...
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"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent." -Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.) |
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06-13-2017, 08:54 PM
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If I ever get a GM based hot rod I will drop a Edelbrock in it...
As a sideline I flirted with Camee Edelbrock at a local sushi bar once...
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06-14-2017, 07:10 AM
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Non Compos Mentis
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Camee is also a great driver. Dad usually drove the Corvettes, Camee the Shelby Mustangs. |
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06-14-2017, 07:33 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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They were the first to really spend the big bux in thoroughly engineering their engine products to work as a system. Further, they spent more on just R&D than most other company's entire bugdet - from inception to delivery. Also, the first to offer 'Tiered' engine equipment / packages. IE : starting from basic everyday street drivers to all out race packages. There was a system for almost every application and every wallet.
They were the first to offer complete crate engines, new with all their latest top end products WITH a warranty. The HP / TQ advertised numbers were real. If you used their products, followed their recipe and were at least a half way decent mechanic it delivered what you ordered. Vic' s dad was a visionary, had the raw talent to get the company off the ground, Vic however took the helm and launched it onto the 21st century. He saw the future by implementing CAD / CAM before a lot of his competitors even thought of it. Later there was a point where they had as sophisticated simulation software on cylinder head design as GM engineering. The only downside at all - was the choice to utilize old ( early 60' s ) carburetor design by purchasing rights from Carter, then rebranding it so they could offer a 'carb- to-pan' engine. They have been and still are the worst carburetor available. RIP
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06-14-2017, 07:52 AM
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One last point - Vic was still relatively young when he took over and no one in the company thought he was capable. As a matter of fact according to him everyone thought he'd take the money, party like it's 1999 and run the company into the ground in 6 months or less.
He proved them wrong..........
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