Magnum intake drilling plate project

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Okay these are the heads that I pulled off of one of my Motors that was in storage. You noticed one has a intake manifold stud broken off actually it's the end Bolt.

The 1/8 by 3 inch nipples are MIP which look different than the npt's in that they don't look tapered.
I got the 3 in long so that I could cut them in half and save a little money that way. Each one of these pipe nipples was $4.25 * 3 and then right at $9 for the drill bit and tap it's a 5/16 by 18 national course. The drill bit size is an F.

First thing I'm going to do is take my DeWalt 4 and 1/2 inch angle grinder with a wire brush on it and clean up the intake manifold mounting surface.