Collaborative early a experiment

ragtopfury said
No prob. Grinding the numbers and star off wasn't quite enough, hence machining 1/16 off the mating surface. In hindsight, I should have had 1/8 machines off as there is only enough clearance on the right side inner fender to slip a single business card between the manifold and the inner fender. I honestly don't know if they are the larger ones or not. They are from a 99 318 Durango.

More extremely valuable information!! So if I could get a local machine shop to cut me a good deal on a bunch of these it might keep the price low enough to make it worth it for some Early A owners. I would probably only cut 3/32" (1/32" more than you did) so as not to weaken the ears. I just measured a 360 mag (large hole) manifold ear and it was 7/16" thick (stock). If you used 99 318 Durango they were probably the small hole because AFAIK the passenger large hole was only made in 96/97/98 but I could be wrong???. Also, I see no reason why I couldn't remove another 1/64" - 1/32" off the side of the manifold itself (where the casting number lives) because that sucker is thick!!!

PS - I can't believe how much info I have received in such a short time!!!!:blob:
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