Thanks Bill. I now have for sale a nice European spec intake/exhaust setup for the late 1300 and 1500 Spitfires. > http://ljvaughan.homestead.com/Europeanintakeaxhaust.html
Larry Rarebits wrote: >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Holmgren >> >>I bought the European spec Tri-Y exhaust header from John Esposito at >>Quantum >>Mechanics. It was OEM to the European Spits and works/fits very nicely, >>plus >>it is cast iron and I'm told not nearly as prone to cracking as the stock >>US >>exhaust manifold. > > > This cast twin-pipe manifold has a very poor reputation here in the UK. The > downpipe gasket is liable to blowing with monotonous regularity. I always > recommend losing that manifold as one of the best reliability improvements > to be made on a 1500 Spitfire. > And no, I don't have a vested interest in selling tubular manifolds - I make > good money selling vast quantities of 1500 downpipe gaskets........ > Cheers, > Bill. _______________________________________________ Spitfires mailing list Spitfires@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires