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Re: L6's with Offenhauser 4 barrel
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Originally Posted by old51sedan
I received the plate, now I believe I'm going to drill a hole in each one of the exhaust pipes just below the headers and weld a nut on similar to the way they install an oxygen sensor , then run some 3/8 copper to the plate. This is what I used on my 51 sedan and it worked well.
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Have you thought about a way to block-off that tubing when the engine warms up? Might be something out there that would work, like one of the 80s emission control doo-dads.
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Mike
1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 34 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes.
1982 C10 SWB -- sold
1981 C10 Silverado LWB -- sold, but wish I still had it!
1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming.
Retired as a factory automation products salesman.
Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop.
Member here for 23 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then!
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