[Spits] Spitfire Header

Rarebits bill at rarebits4classics.co.uk
Sat Aug 18 08:58:27 MDT 2007


> bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jim Holmgren
> 
> I bought the European spec Tri-Y exhaust header from John Esposito at
> Quantum
> Mechanics.  It was OEM to the European Spits and works/fits very nicely,
> plus
> it is cast iron and I'm told not nearly as prone to cracking as the stock
> US
> exhaust manifold.   

This cast twin-pipe manifold has a very poor reputation here in the UK. The
downpipe gasket is liable to blowing with monotonous regularity. I always
recommend losing that manifold as one of the best reliability improvements
to be made on a 1500 Spitfire.  
And no, I don't have a vested interest in selling tubular manifolds - I make
good money selling vast quantities of 1500 downpipe gaskets........
Cheers,
Bill.

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