The 216 has an 1-1/4 opening and the 235/261 has an 1-1/2, I believe. Anyway, the 235/261 is bigger. You could ream the 2- carber 216 manifold out if there is enough meat on the casting, since the engines all have the same bore spacing on the manifolds.


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