351m valley pan

[Fritz180]

I have a 351m engine and I am putting on a edelbrock intake with egr and my question is. Do I need to replace the valley pan that is already in there from the other intake I have on it now, do I need a valley pan and what exactly does that do? Also I'm buying this intake used. Should I try to buy a edelbrock intake gasket for it or can I use a gasket from the local autoparts store?

Thanks,

Mike

 

[aqua_wonder]

I installed the Felpro paper gasket set, which is similar to the edelbrock gaskets.

You could always take the intake to a machine shop and have it cleaned and checked for cracks just incase.

 

[swampthing]

the valleypan is your intake gasket just the way the design is as far as i know you do need it every 400 or 351m i have owned or worked on had them best bet to stick with what it had

 

[BLADE262US]

Id say its needed it is the gasket but also keeps the hot oil off the bottom of the intake helping make the incoming air cooler . /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[Fritz180]

thanks for the info. I was curious what someone else thought.. now I just need to find an egr alluminium intake with egr, and an egr plate. thanks for the help guys.