Intake and lifter galley gap

[lalojamesliz 56]

hey guys 

What would a normal gap be? No gap?

I put my edelbrock airgap intake on and I have a 1/4" gap on the middle of the intake and oil galley with the  manifold gasket on but the intake isn't torqued down.

I thought I remembered seeing that sometimes the intake won't fit and has to be milled down.  I just can't find that info 

I have a 69 351w block,  afr #1458 205 heads and a 7581 air gap intake

[lalojamesliz 56]

A couple guys on the corral site told me it will be fine.

:)

[Brian Conway 264]

With the gaskets in place will the bolts go down ?

[RPM 1,190]

Lay a big bead of RTV on there for years of trouble free motoring. 

[lalojamesliz 56]

4 hours ago, Brian Conway said:

With the gaskets in place will the bolts go down ?

Yup. Not as easy as the bolts by themselves but they go down 

[Brian Conway 264]

Using the RTV fore and aft will likely take care of the gaps.   As long as you can get the bolts to thread properly you should be OK.  FWIW; I did my 428  using a Blue Thunder intake  (twice) and was impressed with the Mahle  gasket over the Felpro.  Brian

[RPM 1,190]

An intake install tip:

Using 4 pieces all tread, or a ~3-4" bolts with the head removed, install the pieces in the 4 corner bolt holes. Then slide the intake straight down into place. Easy peasy and properly aligned. You can owe me James :)

Are you around today? I may drop by. 

 

[Brian Conway 264]

Another pair of hands is also great.

[RPM 1,190]

4 hours ago, Brian Conway said:

Another pair of hands is also great.

For me, that applies to about every job I do. 

[Midlife 814]

50 minutes ago, RPM said:

Another pair of hands is also great.

For me, that applies to about every job I do. 

Are you describing a hand job?  Hmmmm?

[RPM 1,190]

What are we gonna do with you?

[lalojamesliz 56]

On 7/22/2020 at 10:39 AM, RPM said:

An intake install tip:

Using 4 pieces all tread, or a ~3-4" bolts with the head removed, install the pieces in the 4 corner bolt holes. Then slide the intake straight down into place. Easy peasy and properly aligned. You can owe me James :)

Are you around today? I may drop by. 

 

Oh crap sorry, I haven't checked this until today. Yeah I was around ha ha ha

 

[RPM 1,190]

Well, I couldn't find your phone number anyway.  Call me at 380-5964.

[Mach1 Driver 560]

8 hours ago, RPM said:

Well, I couldn't find your phone number anyway.  Call me at 380-5964.

whats the area code so we can ALL call you?

[Midlife 814]

Hello...can I speak to Jenny? 

[lalojamesliz 56]

22 hours ago, RPM said:

Well, I couldn't find your phone number anyway.  Call me at 380-5964.

 

13 hours ago, Mach1 Driver said:

whats the area code so we can ALL call you?

1-(900)

[lalojamesliz 56]

22 hours ago, RPM said:

Well, I couldn't find your phone number anyway.  Call me at 380-5964.

I really need to start checking this thread more often :D

[RPM 1,190]

15 hours ago, Mach1 Driver said:

On 7/23/2020 at 7:56 PM, RPM said:

Well, I couldn't find your phone number anyway.  Call me at 380-5964.

whats the area code so we can ALL call you?

661 Terry. Call away, I ain't scared. I think the guy who made a death threat on me in my copper days is dead by now.

[lalojamesliz 56]

Ha ha ha

[Mach1 Driver 560]

Bob, I find word origins interesting- since you  were a copper you probably already know the following, and the term has been in use over 300 years: The term copper was the original, unshortened word, originally used in Britain to mean "someone who captures". In British English, the term cop is recorded (Shorter Oxford Dictionary) in the sense of 'to capture' from 1704, derived from the Latin capere via the Old French caper.

And capers are good on salmon ;)

[RPM 1,190]

Interesting indeed. Did you know why the British police officers were called Bobbies? They were named after the first policeman, Sir Robert Peel, who started their department. There will be a test on Friday :)

[Mach1 Driver 560]

1 hour ago, RPM said:

Interesting indeed. Did you know why the British police officers were called Bobbies? They were named after the first policeman, Sir Robert Peel, who started their department. There will be a test on Friday :)

No, I didn't. That's interesting

[Midlife 814]

And now for the rest of the story...

Why are police called pigs?

The term pigs, in reference to police officers, comes from England’s underground criminal slang and shows up in the early 1800s. It refers to pigs as vile creatures that take more than their share, akin to police officers who would take the illicit gains of thieves for themselves.

[TexasEd 188]

My favorite type of cop is to cop a feel.  My wife just calls it groping.

 

[RPM 1,190]

Anybody think Eddie minds that we hijacked his thread?  :)