225 Slant Six Manifold

IIRC there is a 1/8" variance allowed (anyone confirm this?) on the runners but the heater must be flat as well as the intakes stove underside.

1/8 inch warpage seems like a lot, the stock gaskets could not seal that, with that much warpage I would think the sealing of the intake manifold to the head would be compromised. I don't deal with stock style exhaust / intakes, but I would think that flatness no greater that .030 would be max. The manifold flange faces are more critical to noise and engine performance than the stove faces....

yeah, I dont know where I pulled that from now, but the exhaust will draw in some under bolt torque as the runners are not connected at the ends like a V8 intake. I got an early exhaust that is totally smooth, no ribs at all, They put more and more ribbing into later versions to prevent cracking.