Malcolm, I would take the car and run away from this guy. He does not
know what he is talking about.
Take a magnet, and bet the cost of past and future work, that the F4B is
not cast iron. See what he says, and watch him stumble over himself.
Larry
Malcolm McDonald wrote:
>
> Stu,
>
> I have a F4B manifold and I was told by the mechanics that this manifold
> was cast iron and obviously not a F4B. I'm not sure what to make of it.
>
> Question #2: My F4B seems to be a high rise manifold. Does anyone know
> if there were different versions of the F4B?
>
> Thanks,
> Malcolm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stubrennan@attbi.com [mailto:stubrennan@attbi.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 4:09 PM
> To: Malcolm McDonald
> Subject: Re: Stock: 4bbl Cast Iron Manifold?
>
> Back at Suni 2, Tom Patton was giving us a tour of his
> race car. I remember him telling us that the "F4B" was
> the original manifold that the SCCA would let him use.
> Is this what the guy had?
>
> Stu
> > It seems like every time I walk into a repair or restoration shop with
> > my Tiger somebody finds a piece that I need. Well not really. but they
> > think I need it. It happened again today. Here is the story.
> >
> > A guy walked into the shop asked who Tiger it was and told the
> mechanic
> > that he has an original cast iron four barrel manifold for my tiger.
> It
> > is the correct ford part number for SCCA racing and therefore on one
> of
> > the original equipment lists.
> >
> > I have heard of the Edelbrock and the High Rise Cobra manifold but I
> > know nothing of this other manifold. Does anybody have any idea what
> > this guy is talking about?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Malcolm
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