intake fitment issue after head install....please help!!!

[juniors351w]

Hi everyone I am a new member to this forum I have just purchased a 95 Mustang GT ..I recently purchased a new set of Trick Flow heads with a thicker deck and now I'm having issues with my intake there is a big gap between the engine block and the lower part of the intake where the valley is can somebody please help me...I don't know if I need a new intake or a spacer of some sort...

 

[rz5.0]

Is it a 351w. What intake area you using. . Pics. The 351 uses a specific lower intake. .

 

[daltonduree]

you have to get it machined down to fit. should be cheap..ish

 

[SLOW95GTS]

If you are using a 302 intake, it won't fit at all. You'll need a specific intake that is for a 351w like the trickflow R or Cobra R intake, and the professional products one.

 

[juniors351w]

Thanks for replying guys but its is a 302 ....I talk to trick flow today and they said I could get away by putting a thick bead silicone
..for some reason I find that hard to believe. ....I'm gonna try to post some pics n a few...

 

[rz5.0]

Intake?

 

[ttocs]

You need a phenolic spacer between the upper/lower intakes. 3/8-1/2" will fit with out any problems with the hood but the strut tower brace might not fit

 

[rz5.0]

He does not need that. He is having the gap on the block to lower intake. Spacer is for the upper to clear the valve covers mainly. .

 

[SLOW95GTS]

I know this is going to sound dumb, but did you put the cork gaskets in there?

 

[juniors351w]

I have a trick flow upper and lower intake ...the gasket kit I have came with a rubber gasket...I can't figur out how to
Down load my pictures. ..

 

[white95]

Email them to me, I'll post them.

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[ttocs]

they make a intake with a thicker deck?

 

[white95]

thick bead silicone...

It is standard practice to throw away the cork/rubber gaskets and run a bead of RTV at the front and rear of the lower intake manifolds.

 

[juniors351w]

Will thats good news....now I have a 67mm turbo setup that I'm putting on my car do you guys think that silicone will hold up...

 

[white95]

One way to find out

 

[juniors351w]

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[rz5.0]

Can't do it like that ...

 

[juniors351w]

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[juniors351w]

The pics I posted are with no intake gaskets so the gap is a little bigger. ...

 

[white95]

RTV all the way baby