> but in all honesty the original manifold design is dreadful. < > Regarding speedo accuracy, how do you know that your rev counter is accurate? I assume it's an electric type rather than mechanical on a late Spitfire - this should be more believable (the mechanical ones suffer the same problems as speedos), but by no means infallible. <
Wow, all this debate is really pissing me off, especially the two comments above. I bought the exhaust in discussion, from John Esposito, after buying one of his dual SU setups. The used exhaust manifold came with a new down pipe and gasket. I had the machine shop, that rebuilt my 1500 motor, resurface the manifold mounting areas. I bought a new tachometer cable and a used tachometer, although I planned on useing the electronic tach with my Mallory dual point distributer, after I got the new motor broke in. I bought the exhaust because I had read that it was better than the 4 to 1 American exhaust, being 4-2-1 style. I bought the tach and cable because I had read that it was more reliable than the electronic tach. Let me hear some counter arguments, please! Larry '73 Spitfire, with stock spec (European) motor /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
