Schuyler,
The 'safe' thing to do would be to dimple or re-form the header pipes. Are
you sure the header is made for the intake you have (sounds like the
Stromberg with the water-heated intake manifold)?
As for your girlfriend's blasphemous suggestion: how about getting a
different girlfriend instead? :)
(That's a joke, I'm sure she is very nice...just misguided!)
Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire
Doghouse, USA
At 07:17 PM 10/30/98 -0800, schuyler grace wrote:
>Well, I finally got well enough to pull the intake one more time on my
>1500 Spit and see why it isn't tightening down far enough to seal after
>I installed the new SS header. The interference point is at the bottom
>of the intake "log" where the water pipe runs through. It's hitting the
>middle two header pipes and keeping the intake from sealing to the head.
>
>So, where should I go from here? Grind down some on the bottom of the
>log (I'm not sure how thick it is, and I certainly don't want to go all
>the way through)? Bang on the header tubes just enough to get the
>clearance I need? Buy a "real" car (as my girlfriend "suggested")? As
>always, I defer to the wiser and calmer heads of my fellow listers.
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