Intake Manifold Thickness?
 

Hey Everybody,

What is a minimum thickness of the roof of the runner of an aluminum intake from china?

Both in small areas and most of the runner?

Thanks Again, Craig

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Your kidding, right? I've seen some of these intakes at the local speed shop. Let's just say they look great in the pictures but up front you will find HUGE differences in casting quality.
Why would you buy a copy of a quality American product? They steal our ideas and sell them cheap thanks to their slave labor. :mad:

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Got a friend who runs a business restoring 67 Corvettes. 67's only.
He takes small block cars and does a retro to the 427/435 hp cars. Well, the 435 cars have a tri-power setup on them. He tried a Chinese made intake because the oem intakes are hard to find and very expensive. It took four Chinese intakes and going back through the motor because of a bad intake before he came across a good. JUNK nothing but JUNK.

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This is the kind of thing that is KILLING this country!

All the darn junk, knock-off, china, crap, imports should have a 30% tariff tax on them in the first place.

They should also be charged $100,000 additional unloading fee/or (tax) (per container) at the dock when the ship shows up at the dock JUST TO UNLOAD!
(CHINA IS OUR ENEMY! not our friend!)

After all...the US government doesn't mind charging you and I, A LITTLE BIT extra every now and again.

That might be one thing to get our country back on track.
At least it couldn't hurt.

WAKE UP !!!

BUY AMERICAN WHEN YOU CAN!!!

Glen DeMENGE

OK I'm done venting now...:)

BTW If you need to ask if the intake is thick enough.......it isn't!!;)

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Hey Everybody,

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH ALL OF YOU ABOUT THE CHINA SLAVE LABOR issues - USA PRODUCTS!!!

I am an old bracket racer - had some very tough times for about 13 years. I have been out of racing for about 20 years.

I race Pontiac motors and had a ONE OFF dominator carb manifold built that would be low enough for the filter to fit under the hood. More like a stock eliminator / fast class looking car - '72 GTO.

I was very disappointed that the builder / porter chose a china product (Hurricane Professional Products with a "1 spacer) - I was hoping that it would be an older HSD - USA made. I still think very highly of and recommend him often.

Matching the intake properly meant that the correct radius and entry to the head made a certain place in the top of the casting very thin. After the fact - I am trying to get the top of the runners built up - welded in one certain spot on the top of each runner about "1 wide.

I do realize that I am not the typical racer on this board with regards to Money and Tme, I just know that you guys have a great wealth of knowledge and experience with building, modifying and pushing the limits of materials.

I appreciate your willingness to help and would look forward to meeting some of you in the future - perhaps at some NHRA event.

Thanks Again, Craig

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I hope he dosent try to pass them off as real 435 HP Vettes. There are already around 500+ more 435 HP cars than Chevrolet ever made floating around. .

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i know where one real 68 435 is

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Terry,
He's selling them as Clones. Tells all buyers they are "Clones" of a 67 435 car. Show car quality cars. He does 8-10 a year.

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Your dead on Glenn. I always say if you drive oversees crap you have no right to bitch about our economy.

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x2!!

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Yeah, Yeah, Yeah and if your computer is made overseas you aint got no right to bitch either....Hypocrites!!!

This is a free country...I think it is anyway...we have the RIGHT to choose what we want to buy, those that buy the cheap stuff will just have to buy it 3-4 times to get it right. Those products you bad mouth are now made overseas because our wonderful government ran them out of this country with OSHA,EPA, TAXES, etc. etc. Get the government out of our lives and this country will flourish once again.

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You nailed it!! Like a bossy,nasty old woman who won't mind her own business, the government feels it has to interfere with everything!!!

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I think I would stay at least .125 thick to answer your question,good luck welding that. .

I don't like all the China crap coming in here,but our goverment has let it happen and caused it,I think it would be good for them to have to pay to bring in to USA,but then China might say you know all that money USA owes us how about lets settle up now.
Mike Taylor 3601

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THAT IS THE ONLY WAY WE WILL GET OUT ECONOMY BACK!!!! Take it back! I personally believe that is one of the reasons we are in Afghanistan. If you would see the stuff that I see being over here..... well let me just say we aren't leaving here anytime soon.

By the way 72Malibu. My computer is an Apple which is a California company so I did the best I could as far as buying American with my computer, same way with my phone.

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Apple may be a California company but that doesnt mean its made in the USA, which it is not ;) and neither is your phone.

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I never buy CHINA JUNK, I always buy American made stuff.

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Back in 1983, before the govt broke up and destroyed the real AT&T in 1984, your AT&T phone was made in America and was virtually indestructable. Unlike the throw away phones we have today.