Re: [AMC-list] Ebay intake/exhaust

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

It is an aluminum intake. : )

Ken


Quoting Thomas Garner <Tgarner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Well the details indicate that it came off an 1986 CJ-7 Jeep with a 258. Did
> they have cast iron intakes then?
> 
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> --- tomj@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> From: tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> To: Tgarner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, 	"AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family"
> <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Ebay intake/exhaust
> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:08:53 -0700
> 
> You might hold out for an aluminum intake (if that is not one). They're far,
> far superior. The old cast iron jobs warp badly with age, and leak, and
> leaky intake is far worse than a minor leak on exhaust. It's worth plumbing
> up the water too; it's temperature stabilized, and carbs like that. (Mine's
> plumbed in parallel with the heater with some "Y"s I got from NAPA. Very
> easy.)
> No real downside to the aluminum jobs either. I had one badly corroded one,
> the threads for the water nipples were really bad, so I ran a tap through
> them to clean it up, and JB Welded the brass nipples in. Even mediocre
> cooling system maintenance will prevent that.
> 
> Saves 20 lbs off the driver side of the car too!
> 
> 
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