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Okay I know this isn’t V8 related but it’s Flathead and era related. Has ANYONE installed Reds Six Cylinder split manifold on their 6 cylinder flathead? Specifically in a shoebox. I assume the intake would need blocked off as this would sperate the manifolds. In the shoebox application, do they...

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I have been (slowly) resurrecting a 49 shoebox that I dragged home off marketplace last year. It’s got the 226 Inline Six. I’m noticing in my research online that it seems the V8s were much more popular in the passenger cars. Thus, sourcing parts for the 6 is a little more troublesome as well...

Thanks for the responses so far fellas. I guess what is really taking the wind of of my sails here is that both machine shops within 2 hours of me are about a year out if you take them anything

So I picked up an 8BA that hasn’t been running for a while. Everything is free and it looks good all around except for one spot on the #2 cylinder wall. I don’t know if a ring broke at one point or what. I haven’t checked the compression yet, or pulled the piston. But just assuming the rings are...