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

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To plug the hole in an 80's exhaist manifold. Cut the tube off just past the nut. Take the nut off the tube. Get a disc of steel and put it in the hole in the manifold flat against the bottom of the flare fitting. Put hte nut in and tighten it up. Sealed! 
  For the disc  of steel you can use anythign from an electrical knockout to a flat softplug or dorman plug. The 80's exhaust manifold is also a direct fit against the orignal headpipe for a 232-199 car. I put the setup on my 232 in my 69 and it was a bolt-on. 
Mark Price
mpriceAtwestco.net
Morgantown, WV
69 AMC rambler, 4.0L, EFI, 5 speed 
65 Ambassador Conv, 327 AUTO, Basketcase
65 Ambassador 990H flood victim parts car!
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From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
Reply-To: mail-From-mprice-westco.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Wed, 7 Sep 2005 13:47:45 -0700 (PDT)

>On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 farna@xxxxxxx wrote:
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>> 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.
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>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.
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>For 81-up they split the int and exh maifolds. They will bolt onto
>the older engine. They're common as dirt.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>It's got lots of water and vacuum bungs. I think it's well worth
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>the adaptation hassle for carburetor or TBI cars.
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