[Spridgets] Manifold flange thickness

[derf]

I would carefully grind washers.  Even if both flanges are the correct
thickness you will most likely have gaskets of differing thicknesses.

On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 4:31 PM Weslake1330 via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> I would contact Maniflow and ask them what the correct thickness is to
> establish if the exhaust is incorrect or if the inlet manifold is correct
> and then invite them to send a replacement part.  I'd also want to be sure
> that something that is claimed to be made by Maniflow really is.
>
> Regards
>
> Daniel S
>
> On Sat, 5 Sep 2020 at 20:12, Rick Fisk via Spridgets <
> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> Send it all back to Maniflow and tell them to get their shxt together.
>> No excuse for this kind of BS.  They make both parts and they don't match?
>> Ridiculous.
>>
>> Have you contacted them?
>>
>> Rick
>>
>> Sent from my keyboard
>>
>> On Sep 5, 2020, at 2:45 PM, Michael MacLean via Spridgets <
>> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Have the exhaust faces machined down 35 thou.  Being both Maniflo they
>> should have matched thicknan.  I have the LCB header (I don't know who
>> makes it) on my 1275 and a Titan intake manifold for my single HIF44 carb.
>> They match perfectly. Supposed to be a standard thickness for the flanges.
>> Mike MacLean
>>
>> On Saturday, September 5, 2020, 11:22:59 AM PDT, 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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