I picked up an Olds 350 for cheap with the intent to sell a few things off of it and then use it in my Cutlass. When I pulled the Holley Street Dominator intake off to sell, I found this:






The guy I purchased the engine from said he had blasted the intake. Looks like he got a little carried away.

I'm wondering if this makes it scrap metal? If not, how much will this impact the value of the intake?

 

Might try some epoxy to fill it in. Could a machine shop pressure test it like they check heads? I dunno?

 

Do you have a friend that might grind a small area out and dot weld some aluminum to fill in then dremel flush again?

 

That casting is porous, at least in that area, and probably happened when it was manufactured. No doubt the blasting made it more obvious. It might be porous in other areas too.

Depends on the condition of the manifold in other areas, but the value has taken a hit.

 

Might try filling it with hight temp epoxy for metal, but I agree value will take a hit...

 

JB Weld will probably fix it.

 

That lower inner corner looks weak enough that it may break when torqued, with a piece of it then going into the combustion chamber. Welding might be a good option.

 

Since repair would most likely cost as much as its worth, I'll throw it up on a no reserve auction and let someone else have fun with it. Thanks for all the feedback!

 

If you actually sell it, let me know. I've got a lot of scrap iron that I'd love to sell if I could find a sucker buyer for.

- Eric

 

It may well end up as wall art..... Still it could be worse:

 

Ow.

- Eric

 

 

nasty -

Is that an out-drive for a boat?

 

Yeah. I have to fess up though. I had a leaking lower prop shaft seal so I was going to pull it apart and put a new seal in. I found a small crack in the case at the cast mold joint. It was easier to hit it a few times with a hammer to pull the bearing carrier than it was to get a puller. Anyone need a nice set of Alpha 1 Gen 1 gears? (they're actually on eBay right now for $50).

 

what did you end up doing with the intake?

 

Its hanging on my wall.