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Pulling the intake and exhaust manifild. The Weber intake has much thicker flanges than the exhaust. Something the PO neglected to compensate for. And what's this penetration to the water jacket in the exhaust stud hole at the rear? A European Spec Exhaust manifold and connector pipe wiill replace the old system.

exhaust gasket and studs 01	exhaust gasket and studs 02	exhaust manifold	rear upper exhaust stud penetrates to cooling jacket	scrapping off gasket 01
scrapping off gasket 02	gasket removed and clean	Manifold nuts and lugs	Manifold nuts and lugs tumbled and shined	Eurospec Exhaust Manifold 01
Eurospec Exhaust Manifold 02	Slightly haphazard studs, two 5 sixteenths one 3 eighths	Looks good and flat	Packing tape on two to one down piper	poor weld on divider of two in one down pipe 01
poor weld on divider of two in one down pipe 02	using rust remover on manifold the containers take up space and raise the level of the fluid	Removing oversized stud	turning 5 16 stud with 3 8 mounting thread	drilled out other 5 16 stud and tapped hole
Turning 5 16 stud	Installing altered stud	Test fitting clearance Eurospec manifold studs 01	Test fitting clearance Eurospec manifold studs 02	Test fitting Eurospec manifold and down pipe 01
Test fitting Eurospec manifold and down pipe 02	Test fitting aft down pipe clearance from above	Test fitting forward down pipe clearance from above	Test fitting forward down pipe clearance from below	Test fitting aft down pipe clearance from below
Test fitting oil pan clearance with down pipe	LH side muffler hanger bracket	RH side muffler hanger bracket	Test fitting muffler hanging 01	Test fitting muffler hanging 02
Test fitting direction and angle of second pipe 01	Test fitting direction and angle of second pipe 02	Test fitting first pipe angle and fit 01	Test fitting first pipe angle and fit 02	Test fitting first pipe angle and fit 03
Marking pipes after test fitting 01	Marking pipes after test fitting 02	Expand this end to 1 625	Jet-Hot coated	Painting manifold hold down lugs (1)
Painting manifold hold down lugs (2)	Intake and exhaust manifold gasket in place	Intake and Exhauts manifold in place (1)	Intake and Exhauts manifold in place (2)	Intake and Exhauts manifold in place (4)
Pipe end expanded by Hallet	Pipe end fit	Car up for exhaust installation	Painted Muffler	Looking up at two into one pipe going into first pipe second clamp is gearbox bracket
gearbox bracket	Previous hanger pressed into service	Muffler to pipe 2	Muffler to pipe	Muffler hanger
Muffler painted and hung

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