Elimination of intake manifolds' coolant "jackets"

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My coolant jackets/covers are badly corroded, and I am thinking of eliminating them and replacing them with fabricated cover plates. This car will always be in South Orange County, CA (my location), so I do not need the intake heating function of coolant passing through this area. This could also provide more working clearance under the manifolds. Any thoughts or cautions?
 

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They actually don't look that bad. I've seen parts where the pipe is missing pieces.

Making a blanking plate also entails some work - why not have the covers vapor blasted and see how they come out?
I think you'll be surprised.

If you do go the route of the blanking plate, do not bin these parts, but keep them with the car for the next owner or put them for sale here, as good spares of these parts are becoming a tad hard to find.
 
I have a set of manifolds with the cooling jackets ready to go if you are interested. They are already vapor honed and cerokoted.

boonies

Thread 'Intake Manifolds (1973 date code) refreshed'

I am selling a pair of intake manifolds that I have completely disassembled for cleaning. These were vapor honed with the water jacket bottom section removed, new gaskets made and then assembled with new bolts.

The manifolds were also sprayed with cerekote after vapor honing so they should keep their appearance for some time.

The heater hose connectors are in good shape and I touched up some of the worst pitting with some JBWeld.

Note: the plugs that are in the vacuum ports are not included.


$250 + shipping...
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boonies said:
I have a set of manifolds with the cooling jackets ready to go if you are interested. They are already vapor honed and cerokoted.

boonies

Thread 'Intake Manifolds (1973 date code) refreshed'

I am selling a pair of intake manifolds that I have completely disassembled for cleaning. These were vapor honed with the water jacket bottom section removed, new gaskets made and then assembled with new bolts.

The manifolds were also sprayed with cerekote after vapor honing so they should keep their appearance for some time.

The heater hose connectors are in good shape and I touched up some of the worst pitting with some JBWeld.

Note: the plugs that are in the vacuum ports are not included.


$250 + shipping...
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Are there any pictures avaialble? Thanks, Alex
 
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