318 problem with CROSSWIND intake

kszysio · 03-02-2008, 10:57 PM

Hi guys
I have 318 in my '68 barracuda. I did like they wrote in "Mopar Muscle http://www.popularhotrodding.com/enginemasters/articles/mopar/0667em_mopar_318_engine/index.html

I have a little problem with the intake manifold. It does not cover the coolant gate on the heads you can see this on the picture.
Have you ever seen this before, what to do with this ?

440roadrunner · 03-04-2008, 08:51 AM

First, I'm not familiar with this manifold, but there is some mention around the 'www that it's made in China, and that evidently some folks are getting poor quality control.

However, I don't understand where the leakage is. The only coolant present is the very front and very rear "ports" on the heads, for example, wehre the threaded hole is clear up out of the picture at top left.

Now, if you are referring to the uncovered hole in the middle top of the pic, near the carb, that is the head crossover casting, and has an "inner" hole that IS covered, so the uncovered hole near the carb is OK

Where is the thing leaking?

440roadrunner · 03-04-2008, 08:55 AM

This is a crop of your picture. The uncovered hole is the heat crossover, and is a dead end hole in the casting, won't hurt anything

kszysio · 03-05-2008, 03:14 AM

Thank you 440roadrunner,
so as I understood, your suggestion is to do nothing with this?

440roadrunner · 03-05-2008, 09:57 AM

No, what I'm asking is for to clarify the problem. I do not understand where the leak is coming from?

Or are you indeed referring to the area that I described?

Can you "point" to where the leak is, in what part of the original picture that you posted?

kszysio · 03-06-2008, 12:37 PM

The picture is same but only resized. There is no leaakage jet becouse there is no fluid inside, but it looks a "little strange" when this hole in the middle of the head is only partialy covered by the intake manifold.

440roadrunner · 03-06-2008, 05:39 PM

OK, I wasn't too sure where you were referring to in the picture. The cropped picture I posted shows the hole that is part of the "heat crossover." That will not leak antifreeze, unlenss you have a cracked head.

I BELIEVE you can see the top of that cavity in the head on my old 340 factory intake on one side of the engine, just the way the casting was made

03-02-2008, 10:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
kszysio Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 7	318 problem with CROSSWIND intake Hi guys I have 318 in my '68 barracuda. I did like they wrote in "Mopar Muscle http://www.popularhotrodding.com/enginemasters/articles/mopar/0667em_mopar_318_engine/index.html I have a little problem with the intake manifold. It does not cover the coolant gate on the heads you can see this on the picture. Have you ever seen this before, what to do with this ? Last edited by kszysio : 03-05-2008 at 03:32 AM. Reason: http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1552/intakefa5.jpg

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03-04-2008, 08:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
440roadrunner Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 272	First, I'm not familiar with this manifold, but there is some mention around the 'www that it's made in China, and that evidently some folks are getting poor quality control. However, I don't understand where the leakage is. The only coolant present is the very front and very rear "ports" on the heads, for example, wehre the threaded hole is clear up out of the picture at top left. Now, if you are referring to the uncovered hole in the middle top of the pic, near the carb, that is the head crossover casting, and has an "inner" hole that IS covered, so the uncovered hole near the carb is OK Where is the thing leaking?

03-04-2008, 08:55 AM	#3 (permalink)
440roadrunner Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 272	This is a crop of your picture. The uncovered hole is the heat crossover, and is a dead end hole in the casting, won't hurt anything

03-05-2008, 03:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
kszysio Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 7	Thank you 440roadrunner, so as I understood, your suggestion is to do nothing with this?

03-05-2008, 09:57 AM	#5 (permalink)
440roadrunner Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 272	No, what I'm asking is for to clarify the problem. I do not understand where the leak is coming from? Or are you indeed referring to the area that I described? Can you "point" to where the leak is, in what part of the original picture that you posted?

03-06-2008, 12:37 PM	#6 (permalink)
kszysio Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 7	The picture is same but only resized. There is no leaakage jet becouse there is no fluid inside, but it looks a "little strange" when this hole in the middle of the head is only partialy covered by the intake manifold.

03-06-2008, 05:39 PM	#7 (permalink)
440roadrunner Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 272	OK, I wasn't too sure where you were referring to in the picture. The cropped picture I posted shows the hole that is part of the "heat crossover." That will not leak antifreeze, unlenss you have a cracked head. I BELIEVE you can see the top of that cavity in the head on my old 340 factory intake on one side of the engine, just the way the casting was made