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been shipping intake manifolds for years in a large flat rate "game" box. must remove the studs of course. Never had one arrive damage. I think you can ship a 8.75 pig in a 5 gallon paint bucket if you take the pinion off. Heavy as hell but it should make it. I shipped tires via Fedex but I had to shrink wrap them? Said the driver wont handle a bare tire but I have to ask how does tirerack.com ship the tires to your mounting location? I sent a box of headers (huge) via Greyhound bus when they were still reasonable for $35 from So. Cal to Phoenix area. Also received a box of headers from Greyhound, had to go to the terminal to get it, not a problem as it was 4 miles from my house. They are now more expensive than UPS....Oh, and if your packing something and dont want it to flop around, stuff the box with empty capped 20oz water bottles, they take up space, weigh next to nothing and are strong. you can crush them by taking the top off if the box wont close.