Re: Aluminum 6-cyl intake manifold parts

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Jim Blair wrote:
> A: I don't recall mine having screw in fittings? Check NAPA's BallKamp 
> spinning rack or the HELP! section of the other chains. I'm pretty sure the 

Yeah, the newer aluminum intake is water heated/cooled (as
well as an electric heater right under the carb), so it has a
water jacket, with hose nipples. Dissimilar metals corrosion,
some seem to go worse than others. It's a really nice manifold,
with matching exhaust. EGR is on the intake, but it's really
easy to block off (mine's going on a '70). THe intake has a lot
of pipe-threaded holes for water and vacuum, it weighs almost
nothing, has big runners (mixed bag for me), Carter BBD/Weber
base pattern.

I'm putting a Carter YF on it (I can hear the groans from here)
with a Weber Redline adapter. The adapter is $37; a BBD from
nationalcarbureters.com is $160 (I have no core, the junkers
I bought from eBay and the local yard were unrebuildable). I
have like-new YFs. Carb upgrade will be a nice easy project
when the car is running.

> From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> The water hose nipples on the 82 aluminum manifold I have
> were all rotted and need replacing. They're a bit big for the
> usual auto parts hose-part drawers... any idea where to get

> replacements?