Anyone have any problems with Indy intakes like the dual plain standard port? Core shift? Bolt alignment, port shifts?

I got one where the paper gaskets don't line up on the intake correct. The intake seems to be a little wider than the Head/block surface. One set of ports (1 & 3 ) dont quite line up, but the other 6 do. It doesn't fit flat either.

I set a torker 2 and a Team G on the engine and of course they line up great. Neither of the 2 other intakes are modified. I check the paper gaskets on the other 2 and had no issues there.

Not sure if I should send it back or start machining it to fit.

Are the carb base patterns dual or single? It has 4 screw holes then 4 drill spots for another pattern.

The heads are 440 source, full cnc'd. It looks like I would need to mill off both bottom sides of the intake to even start with any alignment issues, since it won't even sit flat without one side hitting the block where it meets the head.

Never had an intake quite this bad

Hope you bought it from a dealer and not Indy direct.
If you bought it from Indy direct, YOU ARE SCREWED!

not sure why it does not fit but I am sure INDY will say it's your fault

We have seen a lot of issues with fit,most often it is the deck height of the engine that create the problem.As far as port alignment we see it on various manifolds.Gasket and port matching is almost a must.

Send it back. Especially if your other ones fit the correct way.

i bought a 400 single plane with the 4500 flange. when it was fitted we couldn't get the engine to idle under 3000rpm. i took the carb off for instection & then we noticed the intake flange on one side was letting daylight in. with the manifold off & a straight edge along the flange, we found we had a 0.050 bow along one edge. great machine work Indy, your the best! yeah right.

I ported a set of Indy -1 cyl heads and they were easy to make match the -1 gasket perfect. Then was going to gasket match the intake. 3/4s of the runners were core shifted enough, that one side the port was beyond the gasket. I called Indy to send back manifold and they did not want it back. They said to use a 572 gasket. That is what I did. I had to redo the heads also. It got rid of the wall but the intake tract ended up like a python that just ate a rabbit.

What quality control!!!!

I think they fall short in the casting department. I bought one of their dual planes at the Indy show a couple weeks back. I got the MW port one so it was CNC'd about 3/4" into each port (an extra $100.). I didn't look at it till I got out to the car and was pretty disgusted with how far off the rest of the ports were off from the CNC'd portions. I figured before kicking up a stink I'd look at the other one's they had on the table and all of them were no better. Ok, it will all clean up with a burr BUT that intake was damn near $500. !!!!

How about a set of 572-13 heads and the spark plug holes not machined deep enough. How about a 1/2" too shallow.

if you're going to talk about too shallow my Indymaxx block had all it's threads only half way tapped in every hole. but i expected that & had bought new taps to check & clean all threads.

Many of us have had major issues with Indys stuff. But its funny how just a few chime in to stick up for them that happen to be dealers of their product. These Indy posts go on and on if you look back.

i've noticed on many ads for second hand Indy stuff they mention porousity, yet everything i've seen on eddie castings is top notch. do Indy cast their own product themselves or is it done in the 440 source factory in china?

I brought a pair of Ind heads with porosity so bad I felt I couldnt use them, quite dissapointing after the eddy heads I previously had were so nice,
I have another pair of Indy heads now that are miles better very nice infact, luck of the draw I guess,

just got a set of there bb cast valve covers (no logo). if your looking for the worst castings in the world, you need to buy these. it's ashame for new comers to see a big name company produce such shyt. i seen a drag car that had a sticker on it that said "indy sprinklers" so i asked him what that meant. he said the s/b heads on his car that he bought from them had more than one water leaks in the castings. he was so pissed, that he had stickers made.

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Few chime in because these threads are all the same and they all come to the same conclusion which is: Dont buy from Indy DIRECTLY, buy through a dealer to get things done. The dealers have chimed in a million times already, and it is pretty well known about their qc issues and attitudes. Use a dealer for Indy. End of story.

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Ding Ding Ding!! We have a winner!!!

so if you buy from a dealer, that make there product any better?