[DeTomaso] a3 intake

[wkooiman at earthlink.net]

I have 3.

I have the A331 Torker as Dan described.  It has been professionally converted to an air-gap, no milling.  It has one bolt broken off, but the hole is not normally used.  It is on the driver's side, about even with the front row of carb bolts.  $300 - pics on Friday.  It is actually a very nice intake.

I have an A331 Roush, and a B351? Roush.  The B351 is nearly identical to the A331, but it has slightly larger ports.  The A331 has C302b sized ports.  I want to keep the B351, but I would sell the A331 Roush.

I also have a C351? - looks aggressive with a tall carb mount pad, and spider ports.  It doesn't seal to a 351C, though.  I'm guessing it would to a 351W, but I don't have a 351W block to verify.

All but the B351 will go on ebay later this month.


-----Original Message-----
>From: Daniel C Jones <daniel.c.jones2 at gmail.com>
>Sent: Apr 19, 2011 11:48 AM
>To: DeTomaso List <detomaso at realbig.com>
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] a3 intake
>
>The specific intake Dave's looking for is the p/n M-9424-A331 made by Edelbrock
>for Ford Motorsport and looks like a Torker but has a raised floor (will not
>seal against a 4V port unless port stuffers are used):
>
> http://www.bacomatic.org/gallery2/v/hidden/dan/dan-cars/album04/album17/A331_vs_Torker_01.jpg.html
> http://www.bacomatic.org/gallery2/v/hidden/dan/dan-cars/album04/album17/Edel_A331_001.jpg.html
> http://www.bacomatic.org/gallery2/v/hidden/dan/dan-cars/album04/album17/A331_vs_Torker_02.jpg.html
>
>Not to be confused with the same p/n M-9424-A331 intake made by Roush for Ford
>Motorsport which is a completely different taller air gap intake which
>has C302B
>size ports:
>
> http://www.bacomatic.org/gallery2/v/hidden/dan/dan-cars/album04/album17/Roush_A331_02.jpg.html
>
>I've got a couple of the Edelbrock A331's but I'm not sure I want to part with
>one yet as I also have two sets of A3 heads.  You might try Kelly Coffield as
>he may have a spare.  I also have a B351 intake that has been port matched to
>A3 heads but it's at the dyno waiting to be tested against the A331 intake on
>the A3 heads.
>
>> The Parker 4V Funnelweb is a pretty good match to A3 heads.
>
>I had a Parker Funnelweb 4V here that I put an A3 intake gasket on.
>It was a decent match to the A3 heads but not perfect.  I spoke with
>Terry Parker about running A3 heads with his Funnelweb 4V intake and
>he indicated the floor of his manifold would need to be lowered about
>0.3" to match the A3 and is somewhat narrower.  He said the TFC is a
>closer port match, maybe only about 0.1" off.  If you have vertical
>clearance issues, be aware the TFC is a couple of inches taller than
>a Funnelweb which is already taller than a Strip Dominator.
>
>I also put an A3 intake gasket on a Yates E351 intake.  It's a pretty
>good match on three sides (top, bottom and forward side).  I had one
>here but I think I sold it.  One of the Edelbrock Yates intakes (don't
>have the part number handy but it's the large port version) is a close
>match but requires a separate valley tray.
>
>I took a quick look at the CHI 3V port location and it looks like it
>falls within an A3 port outline.  The reason the Edelbrock A331 is so
>desirable is that it will fit under the stock engine screen.  I was
>at Wilkinson's and they had resorted to welding up an Edelbrock
>Performer to match a set of A3's and added injection bungs.  I mentioned
>that Scott Cook's dual plane would be a better match, flows more and
>would still fit under the engine screen.
>
>Dan Jones
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