Stop in for a cup of coffee

Depending upon how tight things are on the left side of the car, sometimes I will lower the engine in and bolt the manifolds to it as it drops in to the car. I'm not sure how much room you have on your car

That sounds like a good approach... it's a 318 but dimensionally, similar/same as the 273 which was an option on the car...

So should be about like this:

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