Stepped up alignment rings allow the use of a 216 intake, which uses a smaller intake alignment ring then the 235, fit a 235 chevy head which has a larger intake ring and vice versa. They are nice to have when you want to install an intake that was made for a 216 on a 235 or in this case. That being said, I am pretty sure there are later YF's or YFA's with the larger bolt pattern although I don't know whether the larger YFs came with manual choke.


Mike