[Spridgets] Manifold flange thickness

[derf]

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 at 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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