I just HAD to get in on this... (3 pics below)
Readin' through the posts I tried to remember who said/asked what but cain't remember everything so in no particular order...
Average weights of stock vs ported SC manifolds
unported drvr - 7lbs-7oz
unported pass w/EGR - 7lbs-2oz
unported pass w/o EGR - 7lbs-1oz
ported/shaved drvr - 7lbs
ported/shaved pass - 6lbs-8oz
As far as Kooks goes, remember that they don't automatically come TBC coated. That's an extra cost option. I'd like to have the shorties myself but $450(std)-$600(coated) would buy a lot of other goodies.
Mustang headers etc...All I've seen are headers that either neck down at the inlets (just outside the head flange) or else they look like mid-60's SB Ford log-style manifolds (YUK!).
rplaster - Do you have long or shorties? Weigh them puppies & let us know whatcha come up with.
Randy & Connie - What K-member are you installing?
Also...aluminum melts at around 1250 so I'd hesitate to use it, especially if someone runs NOS and goes lean.
Gotta rest, my fingers are tired. Welding up a '93-1/2 intake plenum tomorrow...you know, an early plenum that bolts onto a late blower (yes, I did it!
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'bird
Avibank-SPS, this one's for you
(there's 2 more in the back yard)
2-1/4" pipes and manifolds ported to 2" max