Projects Im getting Married! Project 46 ford begins!

Just put up 6 pegs to hold all the parts instead of two to hold the whole thing. LOL I get it.....I've kept all my mangled lake pipes to hang. Haha

 

Bolts... I used stainless steel for the ram horns on my car, from Ace Hardware. It ran me $36 9 years ago, with stainless washers as well.

 

thats a quick and easy weld with a Henrob

 

that’s what? $360 today
Got bolts yesterday waiting for time to get them in now

 

Cast iron manifolds to cast iron heads don't need a gasket. This is a controversial subject by my coupe didn't have an exhaust flange gasket in 40 years, until recently I upgraded to alum. heads and block huggers. But anywho, if you lack gaskets just bolt them on and go!

 

Yeah? Any goo before bolting them on and just put them on dry?

Id have to think your manifolds would need to be very clean and flat for that to work?

 

No goo, but yes clean and dry, if there is residual gasket that will need cleaned off. There is a small chance your manifolds might be warped but I did this on my 40 sedan, 39 sedan, and my 38 coupe with no issues, all SBCs.

 

Haven't had time to sneak the bolts in. To be honest it’s raining all week so I’ve been more motivated to work on the A instead. But here’s the manifold on the motor maybe it’ll dry up by the weekend

 

I ran a big file across my manifolds and they were flat. With the aluminum heads, I did use the gaskets that came with the Dart top end kit.

I wasn't comfortable with no gaskets. With iron heads, no gaskets. Just make sure all surfaces are clean.

 

Most of these manifolds I’m more concerned with flatness of the individual surfaces ie pitting, compared to flatness across all ports ie warping.

I cleaned them up pretty good before I painted it. But I still put a gasket on it. I just always have.

Thinking I’ll get those last three bolts in today

 

Yup I’d say it’s broke.

 

It'll buff. lol

 

Braze that thing together and it will last forever… Only because you don’t need it to.

 

Currently between finding a spot to hang it on the wall or hucking it in the dumpster lol