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Originally Posted by Formulas
I have never seen a OE iron intake with near as much misalignment as the repop aluminums, They do a fine job on the externals but the mold placement for the internal runners leaves alot to be desired, Its not so bad to have the material there to remove to make right but when material is flat out missing or a divider is kicked way over .. no thanks
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That has been my experience as well. I have had my hands on 4 of them. 1 I just sent back. 2nd one took about $700.00 worth of welding, shaping and fitting to make a decent manifold out of it. 3rd one needed the tops of the runners welded to provide some gasket sealing surface. 4th one going on iron heads needed 3-4 hours of massaging to line everything up, no welding required. But the gasket sealing area was about 1/8" flange. I understand they have a very low price point. I do think most people would have no problem paying an extra $100.00-150.00 for a manifold that actually fit correctly so it could also perform well without allot of work.