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Old 06-21-2015, 12:06 PM   #76
Johnny_Lamebridge
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Re: My '63 C10 "I'd rather be driving" Project

That last pic reminded me of something...

I hate heat riser valves. You never know when they're going to seize in the closed position, or have the flapper break off inside your exhaust pipe. I wanted to remove mine, but then I'd have to deal with how to seal up the manifold/headpipe joint.

My solution was the remove and gut the heat riser and tap the shaft holes for a couple screws to seal the holes. I then bored the housing out to the gasket ID to get rid of any restriction that was there. My tired old 283 needs all the help it can get.
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