Modern Vespa

Hi all,

Long time away from the board. My Stella 2T developed an air leak with my (rare?) Hot Rod Al V-force reed block set-up. (I'm pre-mixing with a Dell'Orto 28 phb). I am trying to go back to my previous set-up, which used the stock Stella reed block (center rib removed, Boyesen reeds installed), but I manage to have lost--dammit--the stainless steel manifold that I bought years ago from someone who was manufacturing them on the old StellaSpeed forum. The polini & malossi and other side-draft-compatible manifolds (of which I have somehow accumulated two) are designed for rotary-valve intakes, and don't match up to the bigger square intake of the LML motor.

So--question--does anyone have a spare manifold of the type I'm talking about that they would like to get rid of for a fair price? (to be clear, this style used the stock LML carb studs, and the LML reedblock, and was basically just a bent metal tube welded to a square base).

I could stick with the Hot Rod Al set-up (which, like what's available on SIP from MRP, uses a large aluminum block into which the RD350-style reed block sits, but I find this set-up hard to keep from developing airleaks and to torque down consistently).

I use a Malossi reed intake (with the rubber manifold), and matched it up to the LML case using a simple flat aluminium plate cut to size. Pretty easy and never had issues with leaks.