PanGasket
has cork sides
are the ports really gonna be a huge issue and what kind of gaskets should I use, the 318 gaskets, or the 340/360 ones?
I'm actually trying to buy new, but it seems like no one makes small port intakes new for the 318.
I just don't wanna keep changing intakes. I wanna buy a great one and a nice mild cam and headers and be happy with what i boughtedelbrock performer is a small port intake
as for the airgap im probably the only one in the world that is not impressed by it, ports are way small compared to the gasketsize on a 340 and it may be a good performing intake but on my junk the holley stripdominator felt better and the old edelbrock tunnelram sure has alot more go.
as for the airgap im probably the only one in the world that is not impressed by it, ports are way small compared to the gasketsize on a 340 and it may be a good performing intake but on my junk the holley stripdominator felt better and the old edelbrock tunnelram sure has alot more go.
edelbrock performer is a small port intake
as for the airgap im probably the only one in the world that is not impressed by it,
Are you sure you were looking at an Edelbrock intake and not the Chinese knockoff POS?
They are very different.
DarTT
I like the Street Dominator also.
If you are going to upgrade to 360 heads or something later, I would just get the air gap now. Yes, the ports are bigger and it isn't going to be ideal, but it isn't like it won't run at all or something like that. If you really hate it then buy a small port intake and you won't be out anything, except some gaskets and elbow grease.
I just don't wanna keep changing intakes. I wanna buy a great one and a nice mild cam and headers and be happy with what i bought
That's odd that you say that because a few yrs. back I port matched a Air-gap to a set of 68 X heads and had to take very little meat out to match it the heads. Now the gaskets were a different story as they come in various port sizes. The Fel-Pro gaskets I bought at that time had port windows quite a bit bigger than the X heads. I wonder if you might have got one that had a casting issue? I have only had 2 and both were fine but I read that some had issues.
Are you sure you were looking at an Edelbrock intake and not the Chinese knockoff POS?
They are very different.
Unless he has some special import 318 from Mexico, they did not put 340/360 heads on 318s at the factory. The performer and others like it are not lower end intakes, they are just made to work with stock port sizes on 318 heads.