Edelbrock LLC is a specialty performance automotive and motorcycle aftermarket parts manufacturer based in Torrance California The company has five locations including four in Torrance its headquarters a distribution center and museum the Russell division (which also houses the shock manufacturing center) and the exhaust plant Its foundry is in san Jacinto California Vic Edelbrock founded the Corporation in 1938 When his desire to increase the performance of his 1932 Ford Roadster LED him to design a new intake manifold friends and fellow drivers Soon wanted one as well This transformed his repair garage into a parts manufacturing Enterprise making one-of-a-kind equipment for automobiles In many ways Vic Edelbrock helped to invent the automotive aftermarket parts industry Today Edelbrock manufactures over 8 000 automotive parts for racers and hobbyists focusing on increased performance The company relies on online and catalog resellers and thus offers no direct sales for the bulk of its catalog