Re: 74 manifold Hitting Bell Housing (spider)

[Hal Taylor <taylor@domain.elided>]

Stan,

All I can say is that I've got the '74 manifold mated to Ansa all the way back
on my '86, and haven't had any problems.  If you'd like, I can take a look at it
this weekend and see if it looks tight.  My understanding is that not too much
changed year-to-year to give you a clearance problem with something like that,
but I've got the '86 engine, not '77....

Hal

Hal

TMurray845@domain.elided wrote:

> I recently purchased a 74 manifold and exhaust system to go on my 77 engine
> and transmission in my 86 spider. I am having problems with the exhaust
> flanges where the manifold meets the dual pipes, hitting the bell housing and
> creating a nice rattle.    Only under load at @ 2500 rpm .  The clearance is
> very small.  I replaced the muffler mounts on the transmission and the
> hangers are all in excellent shape.  The 74 manifold was recommended to me by
> the supplier who stated that it was the better of manifolds used on the
> engines other than headers.  Has anyone experienced this problem, and are
> there any ideas of a remedy.
>
> Thanks for any info
> Stan
> Columbus, GA

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