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Severisth
05-02-2002, 01:20 PM
Just bolted up a ported stock intake, and it is exposing the EGR port on the stock heads, which makes me think it is sitting too low. What could be causing this?

So far, I have ruled out the following:
1. Intake milled. The gentleman I bought it from guarantees it hasn't been milled.
2. Gaskets wrong. He used it with 1250 Fel-pros, which are stock thickness. I put some 351 gaskets on it, which should be the same thickness.
3. Gakets slipped. When I installed the lower, I threaded in some studs on all four corners and set the gaskets down on the studs, then the intake. This should rule out movement of the gasket.

Any other ideas?

Shaggy
05-02-2002, 06:57 PM
The only time I have ran into that is on some aftermartket intakes (IE: sheet metal) Or the intake milled to match milled head/block. Other than that I don't what to say...unless the 86 lower is slightly different in that area as well as the runners being different.

Severisth
05-03-2002, 01:20 PM
Turns out it was just an empty casting boss. The car just needed the MAP vacuum connected and the computer reset. :D