For the meager few of you that have been following my posts about running the Y on an engine test stand...some ulterior motives have arisen. I asked a question recently about a 4 barrel teapot manifold that apparently was damaged somewhere between the coolant and intake ports, but had no way to verify the buyer's claims. Now that I have a test stand, this should be easy to do. To see the previous posts on this subject, click this link

http://www.y-blocksforever.com/forums/Topic29640-3-1.aspx?Highlight=teapot+manifold

But, I would like to run my rebuilt teapot on the Y test stand first with a good manifold (teapot is my first rebuild in quite some time...picked it up at a swap meet, EZC 9510 List 1161) So, I would like to make sure that the teapot is in working order first on a known good manifold.

I have the 55-56 small 2 barrel manifold with the three bolt setup (currently on the stand) - any one ever seen an adapter to put the teapot on that set up (I know, I know, who would ever do such a thing??? But I have seen some wild Flathead stuff from Speedway Motors.)

I also have a good B intake. But are there any adapters out there that go in reverse? (Most of us want to put a later model 4 barrel on a teapot manifold, so quite a few of those adapters are out there, but I have not seen one that is reversible)...

Any ideas, or should I just go with two unkown factors at one time, the teapot I just rebuilt and the "damaged" manifold?

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
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