Quality control??

[Newbomb Turk]

The top picture is a pin hole that opened up when I charged the cooling system.

Brand new intake manifold.

The bottom picture is my fix.

I was going to pull the intake and run it up on the hill so @MOPARMAGA could TIG it.

Then I said screw that and fixed it with a plug.

Just crap **** any more. It cost me at least two hours to unscrew that.

Holley can suck it.

 

[dano]

Corporate profit for their win, at your expense. Its all about the share holders and executives.

 

[coloradohill]

I like your repair, it’s a shame that name brand products are poorly manufactured.

 

[RustyRatRod]

You couldda just fattened it up a little. I mean really. You'll whine about anything. LOL

 

[Newbomb Turk]

You couldda just fattened it up a little. I mean really. You'll whine about anything. LOL

TRUTH^^

The old lady says I can make a spec of dirt into the Cascade mountain range in less then a nanosecond.

Of course, she’s a bit of a whiner herself so there is that.

 

[melcardona]

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The top picture is a pin hole that opened up when I charged the cooling system.

Brand new intake manifold.

The bottom picture is my fix.

I was going to pull the intake and run it up on the hill so @MOPARMAGA could TIG it.

Then I said screw that and fixed it with a plug.

Just crap **** any more. It cost me at least two hours to unscrew that.

Holley can suck it.

the repair was a good one....

 

[Oldmanmopar]

Porosity when pored. Is there any in the intake somewhere else external or internal? Steve pressure test all new parts for this reason.

 

[69conv]

How bout you put a vacuum gauge it there. Be the first on your block! Maybe patent the idea and sell it back to Holley?

 

[Oldmanmopar]

How bout you put a vacuum gauge it there. Be the first on your block! Maybe patent the idea and sell it back to Holley?

looks like a water passage

 

[ProjectBazza]

looks like a water passage

I have some old Weil-McClain boiler gauges here that I could contribute!

 

[Professor Fate]

You couldda just fattened it up a little. I mean really. You'll whine about anything. LOL

But the QC guys give us so much to whine about in recent years, it seems like a waste not to...

 

[69conv]

I was wondering how it happened by charging the cooling system. Gonna havta settle for an auxillary water temp.

 

[Newbomb Turk]

Porosity when pored. Is there any in the intake somewhere else external or internal? Steve pressure test all new parts for this reason.

I didn’t see any more defects. It’s got 25 minutes in the cam. I’m about to go out and drop in the inner springs and do another 20 minutes or so.

The weird thing is I looked the manifold over many times while porting it and I didn’t see anything that caught my eye.

Sadly, at this point I’m going to have to pressure test everything.

And that is just the way it is.

 

[Newbomb Turk]

I was wondering how it happened by charging the cooling system. Gonna havta settle for an auxillary water temp.

The cooling system on the dyno isn’t even pressurized.

Once the water level got above the manifold it started sprinkling.

Like a dumbass I thought the hose was leaking.

 

[Darter6]

Just crap **** any more.

YOU GOT THAT RIGHT !

 

[69conv]

The beech of it is the time and aggravation. Anyone else would have had to pull it, contact Holley or the distributor, fight, ship, wait, reinstall and start over. If there was a replacement plus parts and labor they would titen the ship.

 

[MOPARMAGA]

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The top picture is a pin hole that opened up when I charged the cooling system.

Brand new intake manifold.

The bottom picture is my fix.

I was going to pull the intake and run it up on the hill so @MOPARMAGA could TIG it.

Then I said screw that and fixed it with a plug.

Just crap **** any more. It cost me at least two hours to unscrew that.

Holley can suck it.

That's how it's done when your brain works

 

[RustyRatRod]

The cooling system on the dyno isn’t even pressurized.

Once the water level got above the manifold it started sprinkling.

Like a dumbass I thought the hose was leaking.

Ah so it was the cooling passage. Well, you couldn't have fattened that up enough. lol

 

[71GSSDemon]

I would keep a close eye on the spot and repair. More often than not in my experience, the cavity can go other places as well after more heat cycles. Hopefully no coolant makes it to an intake port

 

[RustyRatRod]

I would keep a close eye on the spot and repair. More often than not in my experience, the cavity can go other places as well after more heat cycles. Hopefully no coolant makes it to an intake port

OR it may even have a minute crack or cracks that cannot be seen. You make a great point. We're just gettin fleeced comin and goin with the quality of auto parts.

 

[318willrun]

What intake? Is Speedmaster looking better and better all the time?

 

[Newbomb Turk]

What intake? Is Speedmaster looking better and better all the time?

The manifold is a brand new Weiand tunnel ram. It was from the last batch that Holley made and supposedly they won’t make any more.

And, Holley says they used the exact molds that Weiand did years ago. I’m not sure I buy that now. But I did when I got it.

I don’t know how many manifolds of every brand I can think that I installed and never saw this before.

It’s like @Oldmanmopar said above. His kid is pressure testing everything.

That’s where I’m at. Another detail that must be verified.

If this was a customer engine on the dyno I’d be losing my entire *** and probably both legs on this time burglar.

Edit: if Speedmaster made a tunnel ram I’d look at it.

 

[Daves69]

Guessing this plug is a leak filler in this 906 head that I've had since the 70's but I'm not gonna' remove it to find out.....

 

[Illahe]

The manifold is a brand new Weiand tunnel ram. It was from the last batch that Holley made and supposedly they won’t make any more.

And, Holley says they used the exact molds that Weiand did years ago. I’m not sure I buy that now. But I did when I got it.

I don’t know how many manifolds of every brand I can think that I installed and never saw this before.

It’s like @Oldmanmopar said above. His kid is pressure testing everything.

That’s where I’m at. Another detail that must be verified.

If this was a customer engine on the dyno I’d be losing my entire *** and probably both legs on this time burglar.

Edit: if Speedmaster made a tunnel ram I’d look at it.

I installed a Weiand dual plane on a BBC to find out that the temperature sending unit boss was faulty some years ago. Casting was very thin, to say the least...

 

[Newbomb Turk]

I installed a Weiand dual plane on a BBC to find out that the temperature sending unit boss was faulty some years ago. Casting was very thin, to say the least...

Wow.