Elegantly, get someone to make you stepped washers. Hillbilly, Iâ??ve taken
thick washers and ground down half to get a step. .032 washers (or thinner skim
stock) folded over in a vise and jammed in there work as well.
Ron Soave
> On Sep 5, 2020, at 1:21 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?
>
> <IntakeExhaustManifoldFlanges.jpg>
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