Basic stock 340 engine in a 66 Barracuda. Head choices were cast iron or aluminum with the cost point being about 500 for a pair. Old heads would need guides and seats for unleaded gas. Went with the Edelbrock heads and TTI exhaust for correct exhaust manifolds. When it came time to trail fit the drivers side exhaust manifold, it hit on the head at the rear port. Called Edelbrock Tech line and they had never ran into that problem, so no help there. Reading on the forums that other people that had not checked for clearance had broken there manifold when they bolted it to the head. Thought that careful grinding on both the head and manifold could work so I tried that route, knowing that the manifolds are thin to start with. Notice that thin crease in the first picture, that should have been a warning! After getting engine in the car had a antifreeze leak at the back of the engine drivers side. After the OH SH** when I found where the leak was close to, I had to figure out the options still open to me.
sorry for the poor picture quality, camera was going bad.
sorry for the poor picture quality, camera was going bad.