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Old 06-27-2015, 09:25 PM   #79
Vincenthdfan
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Re: My '63 C10 "I'd rather be driving" Project

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Originally Posted by Johnny_Lamebridge View Post
My solution was the remove and gut the heat riser and tap the shaft holes for a couple screws to seal the holes. I then bored the housing out to the gasket ID to get rid of any restriction that was there. My tired old 283 needs all the help it can get.
Brilliant!

I'm going to steal your idea there.

I'm in the middle of swapping a crate 350 in place of my tired 283, but...like you, I didn't want to re-use that damn heat riser with my old ram horn manifolds.

That heat riser just looks like a problem waiting to happen.
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