Originally Posted by Sniper
Originally Posted by poorboy

Yep, I believe drilling the mounting holes a bit larger diameter solved that problem, it seems to me the threaded holes in the 273 and the 318 heads were at a slightly different angles. Opening up the holes on the intake allowed the bolts to be threaded into the heads and the slight difference in the angles didn't cause any sealing issues. But it was a long time ago.


Exactly right, that's how I put a Performer intake on my 65 273.




did the performer intake have the small ports ? what size did you drill the holes to ? did you use washers under the bolt heads ?
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