Re: Headers to 2.5" Ramhorns
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Originally Posted by 1966
I got my manifolds & cut off the brackets. Got my downpipe. Trying to figure out how to mate the downpipe to the manifold. I bought the manifolds w/o the heat tube and they came w/ the donut gaskets...
Do I use a Ball Joint style fitting and slip the 3-bolt flange behind it (donut inside the ball joint)?
Or do I need something like this:
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I would say its more like the second, i took my downpipe to my muffler shop and had them flare my pipe....i use long brass nuts (about 3/4") and high temp. anti-seize, i think its the one with copper in it, don t forget to retighten after a few heat cycles.
Kinda concerned about the inside of that part, as it looks like it is reduced on one section. Try looking the part up on a corvette site.
Let me know if you have any further questions
Hope this helps...
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Dont try this stuff in my build thread, unless you have 55 years of mechanical OTJ training
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