Come on Edelbrock. Get your act together.

Dale Davies said

Guys have been welding the top of the manifold on various engines for years before getting out the cutting burrs. Looks like that is required here. If an unmodified look is desired, the top of the weld can be leveled out after and sand blasted to get the sand cast look back.

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That was our discussion today on the phone. He works in a machine shop and has welder friends that are more than capable. I took a rough measurement to the scribe line I would be porting to and there would be .080 material left. Ideally it would be nice to weld it now but shipping both ways gets pretty expensive. I’m thinking I could port it and once back the welder could slide a piece of copper into the port as a backer, heat sink and on low heat apply enough weld to slightly clean it up for appearance and have the needed backing for gasket sealing. He talking to his welder this weekend.