Not including the W2 stuff, I thought the Holley Strip Dominator and Edelbrock Tarantula TM5 where the hot small block intakes of the late 70s. When Ebrock dumped the TM series for the Victors, that was the hot set up in the 80s.
The original Torker & Tarantula were brought out by Edelbrock early on as their higher rpm intakes. They may have been "hot" but there were few others to choose from. It's almost like they slapped the Chevy versions onto Mopar flanges. As noted by some, the Holley Strip Dominator was a huge improvement. Victors came out after the Strip Dominators but how it compares depends on the application, usually favoring higher rpm regardless of their "advertised range". There were some LD340's modified as well as cast for W-2 heads in the '70's. But the need was there for a single plane. I'm not sure but the LA Strip Dominator may have come out
after the W-2 version. They worked well enough for Mopar to make, what look like,
copies of the Holley for their M-1 series.
