Craig 18 Posted May 17, 2020 (edited) Hi Guys, I'm redoing the top end on the XE, like all good projects it started out as a quick tidy up to replace the lifters and remove some of the ticking in the motor (we're calling it tickless enhanced now), and has now gotten waaay more involved than I intended with a head reco, new rockers, pushrods, lifters, vacuum and heater hoses and a few other bits being replaced. Due to all the corrosion in the fittings, and I figured i'm already in there, I am working through tidying up the inlet manifold. Somewhere along the line I've scored a couple of inlet manifolds in various boxes of assorted xflow parts, and i'm trying to work out what these black 'plates' are that are well and truly stuck to them. Any hints as to what they might be? Link to pic incase the embedding didn't work: https://imgur.com/a/hgGRnH7 Edited May 17, 2020 by Craig Fixed Picture Embedding Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deankxf 20,287 Posted May 17, 2020 they are a phenolic spacer, and gasket.. they keep heat from soaking into the carby from the manifold. needed in My opinion, even just to make sure the carby linkages clear the manifold. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bear351c 10,270 Posted May 17, 2020 Yup. This.......^ ^ ^ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
