Beast Driver 94
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Greetings all,
Have a question. 1994 Gulfstream with a 460 Ford. Engine was running a tad rough and would almost "cough" randomly at all speeds. Took it to a muffler shop, guy tightened up the pipe coming out of the exhaust manifold. He said there was no gasket in the joint and also said there was no gasket between the manifold and the block. He also said this was not that unusual for that engine. After it was tightened it ran smoothly for a short while but is back to its old ways. He suggested I have the manifold planed down to make it level and tight again but said nothing about putting in gaskets. Stated about 300 for the job. Is this something that 460's are known for? Perhaps I would be better off investing in headers instead. Any thoughts? Thanks.
Brian
Have a question. 1994 Gulfstream with a 460 Ford. Engine was running a tad rough and would almost "cough" randomly at all speeds. Took it to a muffler shop, guy tightened up the pipe coming out of the exhaust manifold. He said there was no gasket in the joint and also said there was no gasket between the manifold and the block. He also said this was not that unusual for that engine. After it was tightened it ran smoothly for a short while but is back to its old ways. He suggested I have the manifold planed down to make it level and tight again but said nothing about putting in gaskets. Stated about 300 for the job. Is this something that 460's are known for? Perhaps I would be better off investing in headers instead. Any thoughts? Thanks.
Brian