Intake studs, What heads are these? Options

[jsaum]

So I was a happy 914 owner, just got a great deal on a set of dual carbs and went to install them when I found that the two top studs seem to be pitched at an angle! WTF! This engine is from a parts car that's going to go into my 72, I thought I would dial everything in before I did the swap. My question is what type of heads are these? Also I bought the intake gaskets that have the insulator plates it now looks like I'll have to use a regular thin ones, where can I find them? I'll get the dremel out and make the intakes fit, I guess!

Thanks,

Jsaum

[Cap'n Krusty]

There's precious little material where the intake studs are threaded into the heads, and pulling them as little as possible is the way to go. If they're crooked and you use bolts instead, you run the risk of still having issues with the fit, and pulling the threads, as well. As for them "coming right out", I've seen them stuck badly enough to require a stud puller, and take the threads with them when they do come out. OH, BTW, those are 914 or T4 heads ONLY. Busses never had the breather ports, and they're NOT 1.8 heads unless they've been fly cut for the larger bore.

The Cap'n

[Root_Werks]

There's precious little material where the intake studs are threaded into the heads, and pulling them as little as possible is the way to go. If they're crooked and you use bolts instead, you run the risk of still having issues with the fit, and pulling the threads, as well. As for them "coming right out", I've seen them stuck badly enough to require a stud puller, and take the threads with them when they do come out. OH, BTW, those are 914 or T4 heads ONLY. Busses never had the breather ports, and they're NOT 1.8 heads unless they've been fly cut for the larger bore.

The Cap'n

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L-Jet heads didn't have breather ports. Probably 1.7 heads.