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Get some fat, wide washers and grind down one side. Or, if you have a
mill..............
On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 1:22 PM Hal Faulkner via Spridgets <
spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
> Listerati,
> Trying to get off my rear end and make some progress in my long term
> overhaul of FROG AYE, my 1960 Frogeye. The engine is now a 20 over 1275
> with some porting, oversize valves and VP-SP3 cam. I have replaced the old
> 3 to one exhaust manifold with a Maniflow LCB, the intake manifold is also
> by Maniflow, for the HS-2 carbs that came with the car. The concern I have
> is that the flange is thicker on the exhaust than on the intake. Torquing
> the manifolds until the exhaust just touches the block (no gasket for this
> measurement) leaves the intake manifold with about 35 thousands play. Of
> course, this can be taken up in the gasket, but that leaves the washer on
> the intake side (of the common studs) sitting at a noticeable angle, which
> ,if nothing else, doesn't look very cool. The attached photo shows about
> .035" of feeler between the washero and the intake manifold flange. The
> exhaust manifold is snug.
>
> What would you do?
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Get some fat, wide washers and grind down one side.=C2=A0 =
Or, if you have a mill..............</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 1:22 PM Hal Faul=
kner via Spridgets <<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net";>spridget=
s@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" =
style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);pa=
dding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Listerati,<div>Trying to get off my rear e=
nd and make some progress in my long term overhaul of FROG AYE, my 1960 Fro=
geye. The engine is now a 20 over 1275 with some porting, oversize valves a=
nd VP-SP3 cam. I have replaced the old 3 to one exhaust manifold=C2=A0with =
a Maniflow LCB, the intake manifold is also by Maniflow, for the HS-2 carbs=
that came with the car.=C2=A0 The concern I have is that the flange is thi=
cker on the exhaust than on the intake.=C2=A0 Torquing the manifolds until =
the exhaust just touches the block (no gasket for this measurement) leaves =
the intake manifold with about 35 thousands play.=C2=A0 Of course, this can=
be taken up in the gasket, but that leaves the washer on the intake side (=
of the common studs) sitting at a noticeable angle, which ,if nothing else,=
doesn't look very cool.=C2=A0 The attached photo shows about .035"=
; of feeler between the washero and the intake manifold flange.=C2=A0 The e=
xhaust manifold is snug.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>What would yo=
u do?=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><div><br></div></div>
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