Postscript!

Randy and I must have stumbled onto just about the only exhaust manifold that would NOT work!

I say this based on what happened this morning.

I made a very early morning run down to Colvin Automotive, where my friend Daniel Denton, the dyno operator and tuner, had said he would leave a couple pairs of exhaust manifolds for me to pick up and trial fit. One pair was from his personal C5 Corvette, while another was of “forgotten” origin! This latter one is referred to below as the “other” manifold!

I brought them home and quickly trial fitted them. They BOTH fit just fine!

Here is what the Corvette manifolds look like uninstalled, and then from the front and from the rear views when (loosely only) installed:


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Here is the “other” manifold set:

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I still cannot get the factory steering box into its stock position, but either of the manifolds clears everything else.

Randy now has TWO surplus steering boxes for us to try next session . . .

Jim G

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