Finally broke down and bought an air-gap

An excellent intake. I have owned and used the Edelbrock;

LD4B..............Very good intake
Performer........Excellent
TorkerII 360....Touchy on the combo it lives in. Can make good HP.
LD340.............My quoted words when I first got on it. "Whooooa!!!" :shaking2: :headbang:
Performer RPM air gap....My quoted words when I first got on it.
"F%^&in Sweeeeeet! Yea baby!!!!!!! There we go!!!!! Thats what I'm talkin about!!!!!!!" :love4:

The last 2 are tied in there performance which blows the doors off the previously listed intakes.
Also take into acount that 2 intakes are for 318's and I do not expect the 318 to perform up to a 360's level but do so understand it is by compare on how they reacted on there respective engines.

You did the right thing.