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Title: which exhaust clears an Autocraft stage-and-a-half oil pump?
Post by: Jonny Grigg on April 23, 2010, 22:08:41 pm
hmmmm.....

Got another little problem to deal with in building this 2442 race engine.  ::)

Offered up the JayCee 2" exhaust this evening and it clashes with the Autocraft oil pump. Big time.

I presume these pumps have been used with merged headers since time began, so I doubt I am encountering something new here. So the question is, which exhaust clears the Autocraft pump?

Any hints would be helpful- either 2" or 1 7/8" fully merged race header preferably stainless and good quality. Who sells 'em?


Title: Re: which exhaust clears an Autocraft stage-and-a-half oil pump?
Post by: Bernard Newbury on April 23, 2010, 22:46:10 pm
On mine I spaced out the header on #2 & #4 with extra header flanges, and this was enough to clear the pump. Bernie


Title: Re: which exhaust clears an Autocraft stage-and-a-half oil pump?
Post by: Mike Lawless on April 30, 2010, 01:01:05 am
I have the same as Mr Newbuy's. I used flanges to space out the header. I also polished off the two lower corners. It fit and it was close. After a few big wheelies that smacked my header into the track, it clearanced itself