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I just bought the correct intake (3844459) for my 65-300hp coupe. Unfortunately, the oil shield underneath is missing. Three questions: Does anyone know if there is a source for these shields? If I fabricate one myself, is fit against the manifold critical? I've currently got a 66 cast iron manifold on the car, would the oil shield on that manifold fit? Thanks in advance for any help or insight.
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Re: C2: Intake Oil Shield
Hi Steve -
A lot of these lo-horse intakes were actually just minor variations of each other. I have several 3799349's and 3844459's and the only difference is the presence of a vacuum fitting boss on the 459. The oil shields are identical. So depending on your '66 intake, it "might" fit. What's the number? Maybe someone has one off the car.
I have a local parts place that does machining as well. When I brought a 459 to them recently for cleaning, I asked them if they would pop the dent out of the oil shield. The guy just replaced it with one he had laying around. So that tells me that these shields are fairly generic, at least on the cast iron SBC intakes.
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Re: C2: Intake Oil Shield
Steve,
My 67 coupe came with two motors, one correct bare block, and one running motor not correct. The cast iron intake on the running motor was not from a Corvette, BUT the splash shield fit perfectly on my #490 aluminum intake. Per J. Lucia's advice, I added a little locktite and used sheet metal screws to re-attach the shield. You might scavenge the wrecking yards in your area and come up lucky.
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Re: C2: Intake Oil Shield
Steve-----
All of these shields, and there were many different configurations, are GM-discontinued. They are not reproduced or available in the replacement market, as far as I know. Used ones of various configurations are available. However, there are a few things to keep in mind:
1) Aftermarket manifolds are not supplied with these shields;
2) Many GM manifolds were not originally supplied with the shields.
Notwithstanding the above, it's not a bad idea to use a shield. It's not important, though, that an exact, original configuration shield be used, though. You can modify any of these shields so as to work for just about any application. A shield can even be fabricated from sheet steel stock. These things don't have to be "pretty" and, as I say, they don't have to be of exact, original configuration. You can weld, braze, cut, "re-configure", bend, twist, or do whatever you want to them so that you end up with something FUNCTIONAL. For these shields, FUNCTIONALITY is everything. "Originality" and "correctness" are quite a moot point. Of course, when the cars have to undergo x-ray inspection as part of the judging process, the configuration of the shields will become important. But, even then, you probably won't lose a lot of points for an incorrect manifold shield.In Appreciation of John HinckleyComment
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