Re: 4.0 -again -- manifolds for the older motor

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 farna@xxxxxxx wrote:

> 1. The intake and exhaust manifolds aren't normally used. You
> ....  The only problem
> with this is cold weather driving is highly affected -- takes a
> while to get the engine up to operating temps.

Get an 81-up six intake manifold. It's aluminum, and is *water
heated* (or, if you like, water cooled!) This thing does the job
right -- that exhaust-heated manifold is crap.

For 81-up they split the int and exh maifolds. They will bolt onto
the older engine. They're common as dirt.

The biggest problem is that as far as I know, they are all
2-barrel, and have the Carter BBD pattern.  You could use an
adapter in a pinch -- I can tell you it fits, but might push the
aircleaner into the hood, and you'll need to fabricate throttle
linkage stuff.

It also saves nearly 30 lbs. from the driver side of the car! You
gotta get "Y"'s for the water hoses, that's cheap. There's also an
electric heater under the thing for fast warmup in cold weather,
but I left that unconnected.

There is also EGR plumbing; the simplest is to leave all th EGR
junk in place and don't apply vaccum to it, it'll be the same as a
plug. You can plug the intake side with a simple flat plate, but
the exh mani has a large and odd pipe thread; you could weld up an
old EGR metal flex hose (comes with the junkyard parts) as a plug.

It's got lots of water and vacuum bungs. I think it's well worth

the adaptation hassle for carburetor or TBI cars.