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Ram Air exhaust manifold outlet repair
I have a set of 1967 HO exhaust manifolds that I’m running on my car and one had a problem with the outlet bevel rusting away, creating an exhaust leak. I was out of ideas as to how to get it to seal off so I brought the exhaust manifold to a friend of mine who also happens to be a great machinist and great all around mechanic. He machined me a repair collar out of aluminum that fits very tightly around the old outlet. You have to tap the repair collar on softly with a hammer. I have been putting miles on the car and no more exhaust leak. Clearly you probably wouldn’t want this on a show car but if you have a driver like I do, it works great. Just thought I would share a picture of the repair in case anyone ever ran into what I did.
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Nice repair.
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1967 Firechicken, 499", Edl heads, 262/266@0.050" duration and 0.627"/0.643 lift SR cam, 3.90 gear, 28" tire, 3550#. 10.01@134.3 mph with a 1.45 60'. Still WAY under the rollbar rule. |
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wow - it sure helps to have the right friends!
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1970 Formula 400 Carousel Red paint on Black standard interior A no-engine, no-transmission, no-wheel option car. Quite likely one of few '70 Muncie three speed Formula 400's left. 1991 Grand Am: 14.4 @ 93.7mph (DA corrected) (retired DD, stock appearing) 2009 Cobalt SS: 13.9 @ 103mph (current DD; makes something north of 300hp & 350ft/lbs) |
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Great idea looks nice.
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