Technical Chevrolet 216-235 Split Manifold

Here’s pictures of the split manifolds I made for my Chevrolet 216 & 235 engines. tried to copy how the corvette manifolds look.. guess it’s my poor man’s answer to the 1400$ price tag on those corvette manifolds if your lucky enough to find one

 

Looks good. How about some details on how you did it?

 

Looks like a cast iron plumbing elbow with a flange welded/brazed to it. Do you put a divider between the two outlets?

 

Ya did swell.

 

Here’s a couple photos of the process. Hole saw-sandblast-drill holes-make incision- install divider plate-cast iron elbow welded with nickel rod. Used universal 2” exhaust flange off eBay

 

Looks exactly like the one my best bud in high school Michael D. Jones put on his Chevy and then a week later I helped him pull back off when he got the fix it ticket for loud pipes. That split manifold and dual burned out gl*** packs were probably on ten local cars and I think I may have ended up with them on a 50 chevy Hardtop that I bought from Ray Riojas. That is one car I wish I had stuck behind the barn for later. The pipes on that were sweet but loud.

 

yessir, 2”x2” block off plate with a small diameter hole in the center

 

Yeah definitely! I posted some pictures on how I did it

 

Sweet ride! I love hardtop Chevys.. , I can’t believe they would ticket you guys back in the day for loud pipes , ooohhh how times have changed. I’m running one straight pipe and one 9” gl*** pack on the split

 

Thanks ! I appreciate the feedback . These both got a ceramic coating. I think it’s called cerakote? , I know they use that type of coating on gun barrels

 

Thanks for sharing your work. Looks great

 

What is the purpose of the small hole in the center of the block off plate?

 

A spit manifold I built a few year ago…


…I also have a 1954 Corvette manifold, it was on a 235 with the Sharp intake!

I give the man what he was asking there is a time to haggle and there is a time to keep your mouth shut and know you are getting a deal of a lime time!



I don’t know what I am going to do with the Sharp intake/Corvette exhaust but it will involve a 261 Chevy!