Thinking of installing the RPM Air-Gap on my 350...just wondering the difficulty and time of install, was going to wait to do this but found an oil leak so I'd have to change the gaskets anyway.

Also, minus knowing the cam specs, I'm leaning towards a heavier flexplate and a B&M 2400 Holeshot TC. Mild 350cid, TH-350, 4.11 posi...sound good? or do i really need to know the cam specs? I know it's nothing outrageous and on the mild side.

Thanks in advance.

shaddow, an intake isn't a hard job. realistically, plan on 3-4 hours because you'll need to pull distributor and other misc. make sure you scrap all the old gasket off, but get yourself some cardboard or whatever you can think of to keep crap from falling into the engine. i use high temp silicon around the water ports, but not anywhere else. you should also be able to mark where the distributor is and set it back in and have it really close to being in time.

I have a Air Gap installed on my 383, I also have the same Torque converter and gears your talking about, I like the combo, high highway rpms though... You will probably have to modify the throttle bracket(I did).

Thanks for the replies, yea, the gears on the highway suck. Should the dist. just slip out and slip in if i mark the spot???

Make sure when you apply the silicone to the front and back of the block, that you wait a good 10-15 minutes before trying to put the manifold back on. In my experience you want the silicone to become more tacky than it already is. I had to find out the hard way; that if you immediately try to put the manifold back on, the silicone becomes really soupy and you will not get a good seal. Just my two cents.

I would at least set the engine on number one TDC so you can at least have a good starting reference when putting the distrubutor back in. Making sure the rotor points to nunber one spark plug too. That way if something should happen while the intake is off, where you need to make a run to the parts store, Dinner or lunch time is called, A beer run, Etc. At least you already know that your on number one on the cap and balancer. Mark the outside just incase is also a good idea.

Thanks for the replies, yea, the gears on the highway suck. Should the dist. just slip out and slip in if i mark the spot???

i'M Working on the same thing now. Just got my intake on yesterday and I put the distributor back in today. The only trouble with the distributer I ran into was that there's a fitting in the engine that the bottom of the distributer fits into. You''ll notice the bottom end of the distributer has a rectanguler piece on the end. That rectangular block goes into a fitting in the engine. That fitting moves when you pull the distributer out so I had to take a long flat head screwdriver and literally get on top of the engine with a flashlight so I could see down the hole and move the fitting to about where I thought it lined up with the marking I had made. Took me about 6 tries to get the fitting lined up right. You'll know when you have it because the distributer will be fully seated and it will point to the same place where you marked the housing before you pulled it out.