Permetex "Right Stuff" is great also Kvach
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From: Higginbotham Land Speed Racing <saltrat@pro-blend.com>
To: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@uswest.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 6:29 AM
Subject: Re: Need a clue....
> Glen's method will work, also check the angles of the manifold mating
> surfaces relative to the head.
> Skip
>
> At 04:30 PM 11/12/01 -0700, you wrote:
> > have an alum. intake for a SBC with 4 IDF Webers on it. It used to work
> >great on one of my other race cars but now I have a problem. Put simply,
> >it won't seal. As soon as I install it & fire the motor, I wind up with
> >water in the oil - lots of it. One oddball aspect of this manifold (it's
> >from Fast Freddie) is that it has no water passages in the rear. In the
> >past, I ran a bead of silicone around the rear water passages in the
> >head when I installed the gasket. I have put a straight-edge on the
> >manifold & it appears to have no warpage. I have tried 2 different sets
> >of heads, alum & cast iron, and no difference. What am I missing here?
> >Ed
>
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