Originally Posted By RapidRobert
I like to keep the horse shoe openings in the middle of the head open to air & block the passages in the intake itself.


This is what I have always done to any of my cars as well. They don't get driven in winter anyway.I just use a couple of small thin piece of sheet metal & sandwich them in with the gaskets. Never had any intakes leaks either.

1963 Belvedere 440 Max Wedge Tribute
1970 Charger R/T S.E. 440 Six Pack
1970 Challenger R/T, 528 Hemi
1970 Charger 500 S.E. 440 4 BBL
1970 Plymouth Road Runner 383
1974 Chrysler New Yorker 440
1996 2500 RAM 488 V-10 4X4
2004 3500 Dually Cummins 4x4
2012 Challenger R/T Classic.