The 1275 I'm fitting into the Austin has a stock early 1275 manifold. Is
there a trick to get the manifold to seal to the flared exhaust pipe? With no
gasket, I guess the clamp has to clamp the pipe to the manifold VERY tightly?
The Moss aftermarket clamp is a POS stamping that fits poorly. Despite
hammering out a decent flange flare on the pipe, the junction leaks both noise
and gas big time. Any suggestions?
I'd drop in a set of headers, but the angle on the commercial headers is
designed to miss the frame rail on a bugeye, and that sends it right into the
frame rail of the A35. Headers to fit this car would need to be a straight
drop, so are temporarily out of the question.
Is the original early 1275 exhaust clamp a casting or stamping? Does anyone
have one they would be willng to part with?
Thanks,
Glen Byrns
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