318 exhaust manifolds on a 360

Why not see if the mate to the one we're talkin about will fit? The 77 one.

If you mean this one...It won't fit. I bought this one last year and tried for two days to get it to fit. I even unbolted the driver's side motor mount to lift the engine just so I could try and get it in there so I could see where it was going to hit (interference). If I remember correctly, the exit flange was hitting the starter (can't hardly move the starter). With power steering it's pretty tight. I even tried mounting a passenger side mag truck on the driver's side (backwards, with the exit hole in front) but the power steering and other things were in the way. I haven't given up yet. Luckily I ran across a nice 340 driver's side for $75 (yea, I couldn't believe it either). With the 340 in there all I had to do is find a good substitute for the passenger's side. Now that I got the passenger's side nailed down I might go back to the driver's side and experiment some more but since I already have a 340 in there I would only do it for the glory (and to help out FABO members)!!!! I'm pretty stubborn so you never know. This one (77) might work with manual steering (if it clears the starter) but I don't have a car with manual steering to experiment with. The 77 kicks right into the engine/starter area leaving very little (no) room to hook up the exhaust. I'm a machinist so I very familiar with manufacturing and making things fit where they don't belong. The hard part is buying manifolds that don't work and getting stuck with them, like the one in the pics. I read about some people who have machined the exhaust mating surface at an angle to kick the manifold either toward or away from the engine and away from the steering. That might work but it messes up the angle where the head of manifold bolts (under the bolt head) mate with manifold. This in time would cause bolt failure (heat cycles).

Treblig