Intake Manifold Rule

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Originally Posted by R. Thorne

Fill the exhaust crossover in the heads. Do away with the water pump o ring to manifold (grind it down and put a pipe plug in). This will allow you to shift the intake back and forth to align the ports. Ron.

So, you block it off with a pipe plug in the timing cover and another in the manifold? If so, then in general(not Pontiac V-8 specific) you could use a pipe plug to plug any hole, such as a coolant passage, in any intake manifold?

Rick Thomason
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