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skunkwerks 06-04-2024 02:18 PM

1970 Ram Air III manifolds.
 
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JSuchma 06-04-2024 06:28 PM

Those are not true 70 RAIII manifolds. The 1970s had only 3 head flange bolt holes per side. That was the only year for this arrangement; all previous ones had 5 holes per side. Never heard of the 4 hole flanges.

skunkwerks 06-05-2024 01:40 PM

Round ports
 
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Originally Posted by JSuchma (Post 6507389)
Those are not true 70 RAIII manifolds. The 1970s had only 3 head flange bolt holes per side. That was the only year for this arrangement; all previous ones had 5 holes per side. Never heard of the 4 hole flanges.

You thinking of round port bolt pattern for the 3? Original Round ports were 3. 4 hole for the D ports if I am not mistaken.

unruhjonny 06-05-2024 03:20 PM

I was waiting for someone else to comment;

At a glance, those do not look like 1970 castings to me;
The 1970 castings have a narrowed look on the forward "tube"...
The cross section of that forward tube should be more or less triangular, where as 1969 & earlier ones were square/rectangle shaped.

JSuchma 06-05-2024 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by skunkwerks (Post 6507572)
You thinking of round port bolt pattern for the 3? Original Round ports were 3. 4 hole for the D ports if I am not mistaken.

I just sold a pair of NOS 1970 RAIII D-port A/F body manifolds to a PY member recently. They both had 3 holes per side. All repops have 5 holes per side.

PAUL K 06-06-2024 12:51 PM

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Three bolt for sure on 1970 LH F-body


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