Help! Intake manifold won't fit!

krazykuda said

Be careful how much you take off the intake... I had the same problem and my guy took .030" off the intake on both sides and now the intake is too narrow... I found some thicker gaskets that I will be trying to see if I can get them to seal...


Only take a little off the intake at a time...

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If you use a say...I don’t know let’s say a gasket that is .060 thick and the intake doesn’t fit, and you drop the intake on and it fits, you remove the amount of the gasket thickness PLUS whatever it takes to get the manifold straight.

It not complicated or hard. What you are suggesting is to run back to the machine shop several times to “sneak up on it” when that is a waste of time.

I charge 55 bucks a side to machine up to .020 off and after that it goes up. It’s crazy to do it two or three times.

If your machinist need to take of .035 and you were sure of your measurement, and then it didn’t fit, either your measurement was off, or you machinist screwed up.

Simple as that.