aussie valiant
To keep some order in the post, here are some photos prior to fitting the engine.
Pipes were a nightmare to make and also fit, learnt some good lessons in how not to do things. Always fabricate and dummy up with EXACTLY the same parts as you will use in the finished item. I used old cast iron heads, where the finished engine had AFR's. Dimensionally on the exhaust flange side everything is the same as the old cast iron, BUT, around where the valve cover goes, on th exhaust side they have a slight overhang, which I assume is so you can use a variety of valve covers (centre bolt etc). result, pipes that dropped in from the top on the dummy up, required the engine to be pulled out three times before I cracked the code on how to get them in. Yes they are snug, but don't bang on anything. Look at fitted engine, on left side valve cover, had to notch rear of cover to clear pipe, as these covers have no external gasket rail and go straight down to head. I used the old Moroso covers on original dummy up. Live and learn
To keep some order in the post, here are some photos prior to fitting the engine.
Pipes were a nightmare to make and also fit, learnt some good lessons in how not to do things. Always fabricate and dummy up with EXACTLY the same parts as you will use in the finished item. I used old cast iron heads, where the finished engine had AFR's. Dimensionally on the exhaust flange side everything is the same as the old cast iron, BUT, around where the valve cover goes, on th exhaust side they have a slight overhang, which I assume is so you can use a variety of valve covers (centre bolt etc). result, pipes that dropped in from the top on the dummy up, required the engine to be pulled out three times before I cracked the code on how to get them in. Yes they are snug, but don't bang on anything. Look at fitted engine, on left side valve cover, had to notch rear of cover to clear pipe, as these covers have no external gasket rail and go straight down to head. I used the old Moroso covers on original dummy up. Live and learn