Whilst I had the engine mocked up, and various problems to resolve (like the oil filter issue!!), and before I lost myself in wiring as i was going to attempt to make my loom from scratch, I wanted to tackle the exhaust manifold.
I had never made a manifold before, more so i had never really done much welding before!! I was looking to do something different to the normal with my exhaust. I wasn't planning to have a passenger seat and thought about the possiblity of running the exhaust through the passenger footwell instead of traditionally outside the car and having the tail pipe just poking out the side of the car flush with the body work! The clean cut look!! No conventional manifold would work, and space, this was extremely limited!!!!!!! I considered out sourcing the job to a local exhaust manifacturer but this would mean i had to transport the car to them and also but more so that they wanted £600 for the job of making a manifold!!
Money aside i was quite dubious about getting someone else to do it as i wanted to do as much on the car myself as possible, let alone spend £600 for the pleasure. So, i ordered some mandrel bent 2" tubing from Jetex, borrowed a MIG welder from a friend, locked myself in the garage for the day and the result was, well as pictured!!! I was sooooooooooo pleased!! Especially as i did it myself!!! I then gave it to a friend who TIG welded it all and put a collector pot on the end! Total cost for the manifold - £119! Once all is finally in place, box on and the 90 degree tail pipe that pops out the side is on all will be covered in exhaust wrap.
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