If you run a big block without a valley pan, you're asking for all kinds of
trouble. Its hard to keep crud out of your oil when you're driving around with a
big gaping hole on top of the engine.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 9:39
AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] intake manifold
restoration
Well, I'm 2 for 2 with no valley pans and one was a 361 out of my 65
Belvedere.
I just assumed they weren't factory but I guess my engines weren't both
factory fresh.
I guess mine were the other way around.
My mistake, sorry folks!
Tom
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 10:32
AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] intake manifold
restoration
WOW! A factory installed valley pan! I'm no expert but
all I've ever seen
is fiberglass insulation stuffed under the intake to
keep it cool.
Maybe someone in the past 47 years removed the intake and
reinstalled it
with a valley pan.
Nope, that's the way they were when brand-shiny new! think of how
much money the factory saved by combining the gaskets with the valley
pan. No separate bolts and gaskets for the valley pan, fewer holes to
drill and tap in the block and one part number instead of three!
Really a great idea, as far as I'm concerned.
Save a buck on an engine, build 30,000 engines and save $30,000!
Joe
Savard
Lake Orion, MI
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