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Re: Help--Exhaust Manifold bolts won't stay tight
[Re: boydsdodge]
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01/18/10 11:11 AM
01/18/10 11:11 AM
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Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,325 St. Louis, Mo
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Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,325
St. Louis, Mo
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How did you get them to fit? you must have done a ton of grinding to the heads. I have a pair of Edelbrock closed chambers (04 vintage I think) and wanted to install my H/P manifolds, but no go unless I did a whole bunch of grinding. Went with TTIs that slipped in easier then iron. Never a leak or losen up.
Yep, the driver side required grinding on the head. I had the motor built by a professional Mopar engine builder, and when I picked up the motor, I noticed the ground head.
Edelbrock claims that the heads are bolt-on, but you open up a whole can of worms when you use them. The heads are longer than stock, so you have to re-engineer the alternator bracket, as well as the above mentioned manifold problem.
The heads are great, performance-wise, but I'm almost wishing that I had used stock iron heads instead.
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