Reply to "A3 heads"

Josh,

the manifold only fits one set of heads, the A3 heads. Unless you plan to install A3 heads, the manifold has no value to you at all. It's nothing special, just a Torker with the runner size adjusted to mate with the A3 heads.

The A3 heads have intake ports that have the floors filled in & the port raised slightly, in comparison to a production 4V head.

What I like about the manifold is that the carb mounting base is the same height as a Torker's. I'm not one who likes the carb & air filter sticking up above the engine screen. The manifolds for the B351 & C302 Motorsport heads, Yates heads, Brodix, Blue Thunder, CHI 3V, AFD 4V, are for the most part the high rise spider type manifolds, the carb mounts 2 to 3 inches higher than it does on the Torker.

If I can locate the A331 intake, I'll probably build a motor around the A3 heads, for that reason only, because of the manifold height. I do not consider the A3 heads the best choice among the many options that are available. That's not to say they are dogs. I have written on several occasions here on the DTBB, no Cleveland cylinder heads are dogs, the cylinder heads are not a weak link in making power.

I figure I will build one last motor in my life, this one for myself. I have a motor in mind I would like to build. I need that intake to do it.

Few enthusiasts any longer want to build a motor with A3 heads, there are better choices, so the demand for that intake is not great at all. In turn, the pricing of that intake is not as high as you might think, it's in line with other intakes from the Ford Motorsport era, which are all somewhat scarce.

George