Inspection of the Typhoon reveals the cost savings. The intake is nowhere near as cleaned up as its Edelbrock counterpart. The port openings are irregular and inconsistent in size, and there is considerable casting flash in the runners. Visually it appears the mating surfaces are square, but we wouldn't be surprised if they run wider tolerances than domestic product. Nevertheless the problems are not insurmountable. Most guys may be willing to sacrifice a couple hours of cleanup time with a die grinder for $200 in the bank. We spent a little time gasket matching the port openings (see below), and cleaning up excessive flash.
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The Typhoon intake clearly needs to be gasket matched. It is obvious that the foundry does a minimal clean up of the ports and runners before shipping. This way labor costs are kept down, as are costs for sophisticated CNC machinery. This is how the intake can be priced so low. Yet this is not necessarily bad. If you are serious about power, you should be checking the port transitions on any intake, Edelbrock or otherwise. In our experience we've found that you end up gasket matching most of the time, as your head port work or milling work varies from stock.