When the OEMs resorted to plastic intake manifolds on towing duty engines, many opined that the end of the world was near.
For anyone growing up turning screws on Rochesters, the thought of mere plastic taking the place of meaty looking castings from Vic Edelbrock was blasphemous.
Yet that plastic proved to be every bit as good at funneling air to eek more hp and tq than ever before derived from a given displacement, with a lower weight benefit. Dustin Hoffman was right. ('60's Music plays: "Hello Plastic my old friend.... I've come to talk to you again....)
