Wanted Low rise intake manifold for C302 heads

Just a question Steve. I'm not intending to harrass or lecture you.

To my knowledge the only "low rise" intake made for the Ford Motorsport aluminum high port heads, of which the C302 are, is the A331 Torker style.

It was made officially ONLY to fit the A3 heads which have larger intake ports. Officially because I traded one which had the same exterior markings and dimensions but had the port sizes of regular production 302 heads.

Either one is going to be a mismatch for those C302 heads UNLESS they have been ported to the size of the A3's.

If there is another Ford manifold that fits them off the shelf I'd like to know about it too.

If one of the Australian manifolds fits these heads, I wouldn't know. You would have to match up gaskets to figure that out.

So my question is, exactly which manifold are you looking for?

Doug,

I'd like to find one like you traded with the small ports. Searching the forum there are few mentions of them.

Steve

The one I had was a fluke. I actually talked to John Vermersh who at the time was the head of the Ford Motorsports program and he said that they were never commissioned by him.

He said that it was a "cheater". One that was made for a competitive racing team to look stock on the outside but was altered on the inside.

He said he thought that there was probably more then one made but exactly how many was just speculation.

Just the "regular" A331 "Torker" is not a common item. The last one  I had I sold for $850. I didn't twist the buyers arm. He kept putting money in my hand until I said ok.

If you can't find one then I'd suggest that you find a regular Ford aluminum intake and take it to an induction specialist and have him match the ports to the heads. That isn't going to be cheap.

Thanks for the info Doug. Think of me if one ever turns up.

Steve

Post over on 351c on Facebook. The posters there seem to be very uneducated but there are a few that generally hide in the shadows that would know what you want and could possibly have one.

UNFORTUNATELY you are going to need to go through dealers and in my experience they act like I am upsetting the first grade class and need to go to the Principle's Office, i.e., I don't know anything and they are Moses with the 10 Commandments lecturing the crowd with their gifts of Heavenly knowledge.

That is unfortunately the way it is and probably how it always has been and most of the 351c crowd is in search of their own individual brains since they all seem to only share ONE and they only get a turn of a few hours a year to use it? Forgetaboudit!

Kind of sad actually.

Steve,

Try reaching out to Dan Jones. He goes by danieljones here in the forums and has his fingers on the pulse of all things 351C.

I believe an M-9424-A351 will work for you too. It's made for a 9.5" tall block but it can be turned into an A331 by machining the appropriate amount of material off of the flanges. Just make sure you get the Cleveland version of that manifold and not the Yates version. Both have the same part number. 

Thanks David. I had Autotrend help me with my fuel injection. Your car is awesome.

Steve

Thanks Steve!