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Re: Header Flange Advice Sought...

To: DrMayf <drmayf@teknett.com>
Subject: Re: Header Flange Advice Sought...
From: Rick Hammond <r.hammond@sympatico.ca>
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 20:18:52 -0500
DrMayf wrote:

> Dinking around with whatever I can sans shop and thought I would ask a
> question about the turbo headers. My headers are block hugger type and have
> a single piece flange where it bolts to the heads. Turbo headers get hot.
> Hot means expansion. So would I be better off cutting the long single flange
> plate into four smaller ones with one hole slotted at each port? This would
> permit expansion without putting anything into a bind...or would it? Heads
> are aludimum. Of course, as soon as I cut them, they will sproing all out of
> shape wont they? Murphy's Law or some such.
>
> mayf, the red necked ignorant desert rat in Pahrump..without a shop...yet
>

Mayf,
The 'sproing' will probably be outwards (??) so what about welding some light
gussets between them first to maintain the spread?
Cheers,
Rick

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