I will admit to being guilty to the "more is better reasoning" but with this intake making an improvement do you think a TM-5 would possibly take a few more tenths off or need more of "everything else" (cam, gearing, compression) to show an improvement?
My cousin at hp engines in norwood n.c. looked at both and thought the torker 340 was a minor improvement and i took his advice on it....the tm5 was just the earlier torker 340 so i thought edelbrock prolly improved the design some.
My thinking in replacing the air gap was my 340 was a very early(im thinking 75 or so) build and i figured it may work good with an early intake design...plus i like the looks of it better.
I also haven't timed it with a light and I'm using a single points distributor that was just supposed to be in it for brake in.