[Spits] Spitfire Header

[Larry Vaughan]

Thanks Bill. I now have for sale a nice European spec intake/exhaust 
setup for the late 1300 and 1500 Spitfires.
> http://ljvaughan.homestead.com/Europeanintakeaxhaust.html

Larry

Rarebits wrote:
>>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.