Starting at page 7 post #172 in this thread... may be more after 172, but I don't have time to look right now. This was on the 318 initially. When he upgraded to the 408 with aluminum heads a couple years later, he gained more room.
The tear-down of Jake's 65 begins....
So we have the body where we want it ready for my paint man. Decided to swap the manifolds out for the 5.2/5.9 Dakota/Dango logs. Minor issue. I knew the collar at the steering shaft needed to be trimmed a bit, and knew there might be a little grinding to do on the edge of the manifold to clear the shaft..... But The right side is dead against the inner fender - need to grind the pentastar and casting numbers off the manifold to clear it, but the left side is worse - it is dead against the steering colum shaft. So much so that the front of the manifold is pulled away from the head because the rear of it is pushed in from hitting the shaft. I think I will take them to a machine shop and have 1/16th of an inch milled off the mounting surface of both manifolds. I know it will give me what I need on the right side, and am hoping between the 1/16th and grinding the casting numbers off,along with an 1/8th inch shim under the motor mount, I'll get just enough to let the left side clear the steering shaft. And yes that is one orange plug boot on #7 - melted the black one off with the old manifold...lol
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