[Spridgets] Manifold flange thickness

[Weslake1330]

On the A-series it should be a single gasket that seals both the inlet and
the exhaust ports at the head.

On Sat, 5 Sep 2020 at 22:37, derf <derf247 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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