Mike,
Was it a Cosworth Vega?
Most roadster headers have tabs welded on to make the overall thickness
match the intake. Not always exact but usually close enough.
Stan
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At 04:43 PM 2/3/02 -0500, datsunmike wrote:
>
>My dad used to be a big American car fanatic until he bought my mom a Vega
>and then a 1976 Aspen. Last American cars he ever bought. POS
>
>Mike
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Paul Bauman" <plhbauman@earthlink.net>
>To: <Geegc@aol.com>; "Autox (E-mail)" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 2:14 PM
>Subject: RE: Header thickness
>
>
>> Gary:
>>
>> Funny you should mention this. We stopped at an offroad shop that
>advertised
>> K&N filters and while showing the owner the beast, he mentioned that Jeeps
>> had the same problem with intake/header thickness. He let me see a
>manifold
>> gasket from chrysler designed to help solve the problem. It was a standard
>> flat manifold gasket that came with a set of smaller gaskets that fit on
>the
>> thinner manifold areas to help exqualize things. I was thinking of
>> 'sacrificing' a gasket or two to see if this fix would help on my car!
>>
>> Paul Bauman
>> Westminister, CA
>> 67 1600
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Geegc@aol.com
>> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 8:22 AM
>> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Header thickness
>>
>>
>> The exhaust header I just bought from one of our vendors is slightly
>thinner
>> than the intake manifold. I am wondering if I should grind down the
>washers
>> to create even pressure, or if its not necessary?
>>
>> Also, any recommendation for manifold gasket sealant? I have some copper
>hi
>> temp spray stuff I was going to use.
>>
>> Gary C
>> Red one close to being completed.
>> Black one God knows how long
>>
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