04-05-2003, 11:34 AM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Oak Forest, IL,
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Cobra Make, Engine: B&B w/FRPP 347ci 450HP Crate
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SIde pipe alignment
OK, this might apply more to a new post of mounting the sidepipes, but I am going to append it here. My drivers side pipe went in without much of a problem. The passenger side pipe, when bolted up tight to the flange of the header, is about 2" low at the rear mount point. I have rechecked the engine for level at the top bellhousing bolts, and it is fairly dead on. Rechecked the frame on the stands to make sure that it is level (making sure that the engine is truly level) and it is. Any ideas?
If I pull up on the pipe, I can get it within 3/4" of the mount, but that is stressing the glange points, and popping the engine up.
I have also tried the 5/16" bolts as recommended. While this gets me almost there, it is still not enough. This side really seems skewed, while the drivers side is fine. Is it the headers (hope not, I paid to have them ceramic coated locally), the side pipes, the engine, the installer? Help.
Tom
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