[DeTomaso] Cleveland Intake manifold end gasket surface shape+What's the best intake gasket

[Edward Comber]

I installed a Funnel Web Intake on my Clevelend and through the turkey pan away. The end cork wasn't fitting right so I through that away also and used RTV form a gasket about 7 years ago and am still running that way. Seems to be good so far. 

Good Luck
Ed

> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:43:55 +0100
> From: thomas at hax.se
> To: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> CC: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Cleveland Intake manifold end gasket surface shape+What's the best intake gasket
> 
> 2011-11-01 20:27, MikeLDrew at aol.com skrev:
> >
> > In a message dated 11/1/11 7 52 18, thomas at hax.se writes:
> >
> >
> >> Hmm, perhaps I should replace my turkey pan as well? My hacked up 351W
> >> intake has enough issues sealing anyway. Perhaps that will improve the
> >> idle...
> >
> >
> > There's nothing wrong with the original-style intake manifold gasket IF
> > it's installed correctly. Any gasket that isn't installed correctly, and
> > subsequently leaks, will be the source of a problem. That's not the
> > gasket's fault...:>)
> >
> > Mike (never had a leak with an original-style gasket but DID have a leak
> > with a standard-style gasket that somebody else
> > installed....)
> 
> True.
> 
> I have always used the turkey pan gasket, and when I did the first 
> engine rebuild, with the EFI, it was running extremely smooth, even with 
> the Crane 284 degree cam.
> 
> After it ate a lobe in Italy I bult a new engine, with a Crane roller 
> cam, and the idle stability has been marginal since. It behaves as if 
> there is a vacuum leak.
> 
> I guess this will be a nice winters project, along with pulling the 
> transaxle and installing my original flywheel and clutch, to see if the 
> violent vibrations at certain RPM:s go away. I now have a Fidanza 
> aluminum flywheel and Centerforce clutch.
> 
> Cheers,
> Thomas
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