Will this work on a 425?

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Old May 21, 2012 | 05:45 PM
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Will this work on a 425?

http://www.appliedgmc.com/prod.itml/icOid/799
(Its a gasket with a built in block off for the heat riser)
Old May 21, 2012 | 07:18 PM
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It'll fit, but those plates tend to burn through.

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Old May 22, 2012 | 08:26 AM
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So what is a good solution to blocking off the crossover?
All the solutions not involving a new manifold seem to have problems in durability, or rattling.
Can the port be blocked on the head side?
How about machining the intake and welding in a thick plate?
Old May 22, 2012 | 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by bluecab
How about machining the intake and welding in a thick plate?

My Machinist did just that, on the performer for my 455, he machined a relief in the cross overs and welded in a thick aliminum plate, then the mating surface was machined and it was like the cross over never existed.

while he was doing that I also had him machine off the edelbrock and performer raised lettering he sanded and blasted it and it is like it was never there, I was trying to keep a stock apprearance. and it looks at first glance like a stock factory aluminum manifold.
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