95blazer Posted January 25, 2004 Report Share Posted January 25, 2004 I pulled my reeds out while replacing my cracked intake manifolds, and noticed the gap between the two petals. Is this gap acceptable? I was having a problem with bogging during acceleration, and am wondering if this is the cause. Both reed cages had this gap on one side of the cage I also noticed cracks in both of my intake manifolds at the equalizer tube, it does not appear that the cracks went all the way through the manifold. What would my engine have done with cracks in the intake manifolds? I have already ordered new UPP manifolds. I am just trying to figure out if this was my problem or not. Please look at the photos below. Thanks, Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95blazer Posted January 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2004 Here are the reeds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95blazer Posted January 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2004 Here is the crack that was in both intakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fixitrod Posted January 25, 2004 Report Share Posted January 25, 2004 The air was most likely the trouble... if it's not jetting. The reeds are fine. Just flip them over. To tell if reeds are good, you are suppose to measure the thickness but I don't have the number handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95blazer Posted January 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 okay, I was hoping that the intake leak was the culprit. Just didn't know if it would cause the bog from about 0-1/2 throttle. The problem got gradually worse until it was missing like crazy. Hopefully the new intakes solve it. Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fixitrod Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 okay, I was hoping that the intake leak was the culprit. Just didn't know if it would cause the bog from about 0-1/2 throttle. The problem got gradually worse until it was missing like crazy. Hopefully the new intakes solve it. Derek If you were sucking air, you were lean. I would also do a compression check to make sure it's good. Running lean can cause some problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledofthezep Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 I too had to replace my intake boots, cracked exactly where yours did. However it didn't reolve my problem. hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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