Thanks again all for helping me out here while I totally derail this thread.
This started with....
“it’s so much easier to remove the intake to get to starter” job.
When I removed the rear intake I noticed the engine had the wrong gaskets causing a minuscule intake leak.
I only had five of the six new gaskets in stock. So I started looking around for in-house solution.
That was when I noticed Don’s picture of the stacked intakes...
At first glance to me,
Sfdons photo of the stacked intake showed a process from stock to filled to ported....
So
@BuzzBomb, your mention of jbweld encouraged me to respond again...
My ‘logic’ was Filling that relief would allow me to use gaskets I had in stock to eliminate the ‘Factory’ leak.
Keep in mind this car a warranty bmw crate engine running great and installed in around 1984.
Running fine, great in fact, efficient, strong quiet, starts great, responsiveness to carb adjustments...And driven around 30k miles in the circa 14 years I have owned it.
So in this case I am taking the not broken too much and don’t fix it that much path...
Put the new starter in,
new hoses,
use intake gaskets that don’t create an new turbulence,
delete egr, and
adjust accelerator cable,
tune and drive for 10 more years.
Completely agree on best practice to ‘port and polish’....
And thought that was what was happening in dons pic....edited below...
ok, thanks for all, and apologies for not starting my own thread on this.
Whew!
Best wishes to all in the NEW Year!
Al