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Originally Posted by rotorwrench
The intake is definitely one big sum beech. Setting one on during engine assembly is a bear when working alone. This makes the heads smaller and more light weight. They are easy to work on due to that. An aluminum intake would make life a lot easier. Ford sometimes had a water cooled carb base plate on there. They like to corrode out. There may be a better alternative to that as well.
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I noticed the intake looked like a big chunk of cast iron. I pulled an intake off of a 400 Ford engine once and replaced it with an aluminum 4 barrel intake. It was a sum bitch to lift off the engine.