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Hole in my intake port - Advice needed
Well I just finished gasket matching the ports on my Indy/Eddie heads and after everything was clean and assembled I found a 1/16" hole in one intake port caused by the valve cover bolt hole breaking through. This port had some core shift so I didn't need to remove any material in that area. So I'm thinking I could put a dab of JB weld on it and put some silicone on the valve cover bolt when I install it. Will this work ok?
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Give it a shot, it will probably work. BTW, what are Eddie heads?
HV |
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Stud that hole with some RTV on the stud before screwing in, should be fine.
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Eddie is short for Edelbrock. Indy cylinder buys unmachined heads from Edelbrock and machines them like the 340 T/A heads with offset pushrods. This allows them to machine away the buldge in the intake ports.
About the JB weld. Will this stuff hold up for a long time being exposed to heat and fuel? I've never used it before. |
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I have used JB Weld on aluminum intake manifolds before with great success. I agree with the previous post about RTV and a stud as a good fix for the problem also.
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I remove that part of the hump when doing a max port job. I use thicker gaskets on the VC, so the bolt doesn't intrude. Yes, silicone the threads, and you are A-OK. :-) PCRMike
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I've ported into more than one V/C bolt hole. I stud them with blue loctite, and keep on porting.
torch |
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That sounds better than RTV...
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WayneT,
Thanks for the explaining what an "Eddie" head is. I've never heard an Edelbrock component being called that before. For a minute I thought maybe someone new was making heads. HV |
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Heh,
ALL my intake ports on my brodix heads have holes in them from the chevy/viper rocker threads from the factory.I Just plugged them with a bolt that is smoothed to the contour of the port with a little Indian Head shellac on the threads and bing, in business! |
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