Re: 1974 - 232

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I have an 81 manifold on the 1969 232.
Only thing I remember doing was porting the exhaust manifold to blend it better to fit the big port head. I may have to try and find soem time to take th eexhaust manifold off and stick the split 2000 manifolds up against the head to see what it looks like.
I wanted to do a true dual exhaust with crossover on my American ,but it just seemed that I would never get it done if I kept rethinking things so I stopped and left the modified HO tube exhaust manifold in place with 2 1/2" pipe to a glass pack then a super turbo, Yes, Two mufflers in a single exhaust, anything else and it was too  boomy for my taste! I tried one glass pack at the tail, too loud, added a second glass pack in front of it and it still gave me headache! So I found a super turbo that fit [walker IIRC] it ended up with nice sound.
I figure the glass pack is basically just acting as a resonater to help reduce the noise a bit.
Mark Price
mpriceAtwestco.net
Morgantown, WV
69 AMC rambler, 4.0L, EFI, 5 speed 
65 Ambassador Conv, 327 AUTO, Basketcase
01 S-10 CREWCRAP 4X4



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From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)
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Date:  Thu, 12 May 2005 15:21:21 -0400 (EDT)

>" From: Mark Price <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>" >i'm wondering if the '99-up 4.0 iron split exhaust manifolds would fit
>" >any of the 199/232/258 heads...  i know that 4.0 has the tiniest ports
>" >of all.
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>" >Andrew Hay                                  the genius nature
>" >internet rambler                            is to see what all have seen
>" >adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                       and think what none thought
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>" If I hadn't got tired of tripping over all the heads I had I could
>" tell you as I bought a set of the Iron Manifolds to use on the
>" American, but decided to not pursue that area right now.
>" I still have the original 232 in my shed, but right now it has an 81
>" intake and exhaust in place, so it would be a bit of a pain to try
>" them on it.
>" If I ever get the ambition up I may look into it, just for kicks.
>" I could trace the iron manifolds and send you a tracing though!
>
>hmmm...  not the same as eyeballing the actual hardware in
>juxtaposition though - and besides, i have no head to compare the
>tracing to!
>
>i had the '80s intake in mind.
>________________________________________________________________________
>Andrew Hay                                  the genius nature
>internet rambler                            is to see what all have seen
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>adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                       and think what none thought
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