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c2_mad

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6th Jul, 2012 at 12:05:40pm

hi everyone

i have recently aquired a nice new head from turbo phil with all the bells and wistles. my question is do i still need to use the locator rings for the inlet manifold?i would think not because the head has been ported and the little "lip" that only let the locator ring go to a certain point is gone. but then how do i know the inlet manifold is lines up correctly with he ports?

advice please

cheers

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6th Jul, 2012 at 12:09:34pm

Use the bolt holes, don't worry about it too much, the head port should be bigger than the inlet so it gives a tiny bit of leeway.

On 26th Jan, 2012 Tom Fenton said:
ring problems are down to wear or abuse but although annoying it isn't a show stopper

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c2_mad

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6th Jul, 2012 at 02:47:51pm

thanks Carl*smiley*

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6th Jul, 2012 at 03:04:06pm

you have no choice now the head has been opened up.

You can dowell the head and inlet to ensure everything lines up. I think that this is worthwhile with the metro inlet as is cannot be located on the mounting holes; mainly as it doesn't have them.

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the design shows a distinct lack of imagination,
talk about starting off with a clean sheet of paper, then not bothering to fucking draw on it,lol

On 20th Apr, 2012 Paul S said:
I'm mainly concerned about swirl in the runners caused by the tangential entry.


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6th Jul, 2012 at 03:15:24pm

I hate the bloody things on standard engines they never go rite so i don't use the

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6th Jul, 2012 at 07:13:04pm

The best thing to do drill the manifold & head & use a little dowel/peg to locate it as Wil said. :)

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8th Jul, 2012 at 10:07:26am

I like to retain the rings on turbo engines as there is little point in opening the ports out there then.

On 13th Jul, 2012 Ben H said:
Mine gets in the way a bit, but only when it is up. If it is down it does not cause a problem.
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