Maybe Edelbrock revised/ruined the Victors recipie (just thinking out loud here) to the smaller bowls because (human nature being what it is) maybe a high percentage of people (i.e., their 'real world' customers, not our tech saavy Moparts guys) bought big port Victors expecting "big" gains immediately bolted them onto their stock 8:1 440 shortblocks and maybe stuck in a 509 cam and now their cars would immediately have trouble falling out of a tree!!

By finishing them small they would still thoeretically work on a 440 at least comparable to/slightly (25hp) better than an OOTB RPM but then at least have the meat/potential to be ported? This way they could claim victory in the marketplace and still have the CNC market for the Real Race crowd?

What was the driving force behind the downward revision? Cost? or was it the "average Chevy mentality...bolt-on and go" customer?