<VV> Re: EELCO manifolds

[James Davis]

Mickey Thompson made aluminum exhasut manifolds last for 12.21 
seconds at full throttle on his Catalina.
Jim Davis

   At 02:04 PM 8/4/2007, JVHRoberts at aol.com wrote:
>
>I remember the Pontiac aluminum manifolds. They failed VERY quickly during
>initial testing. Not exactly a meltdown, but they fell apart once they got up
>to  temperature.
>
>In a message dated 8/4/2007 11:52:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Sethracer
>writes:
>
>Some of  us are old enough to remember when EELCO sold them new. Yes they
>were  Aluminum. I have never run them on a car, but I have seen them 
>and they
>were indeed exhaust manifolds. I believe Pontiac used some cast aluminum
>exhaust manifolds on some of their "Super-Duty" drag cars in the early 60's.
>Perhaps Drag racng never put enough heat in for a long enough time 
>to cause  melt
>down. - Seth