I am about to start putting my car back together and have a question before I
do, I know this has been discussed in much detail in the past, but thought I
would bring it up one more time.
I have the stock exhaust manifold for my early 67 1600. It is in good
condition. Regardless of the condition, the common advice is swap it for a
header/flex connector/smaller starter. What I have gathered is that the
manifold will crack/break/become bad and there is nothing you can do about it,
just replace it with a header. The other problem I've heard about, which I am
most concerned about, is the connection to the exhaust pipe. I don't want it
to leak. So, all that being said, is there a way to:
Properly seal the Exhaust Manifold (Preferably with some time of a flex
connector involved) and still be able to easily pull the engine?
I guess my motivation is almost purely financial, it takes about $300 to put in
the header, new starter, flex connector, and I have a good manifold.
Should I just buy the header, or is there another acceptable alternative?
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