I believe the 78s were similar to my 79 and fed the air into a single port
on the exhaust manifold just above the catalytic converter.
Reid
'79 Spitfire (original owner)
-----Original Message-----
From: Edward Hamilton [mailto:hamilton@ptd.net]
Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 7:49 AM
To: JOrwin308@aol.com; spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Amateur Confusion
John,
The air rail bolts to the head. Four places along the top surface, along
side the valve cover. Many people, when removing the emission stuff, blank
off the holes with a short bolt.
Regards,
Ed Hamilton
----- Original Message -----
From: <JOrwin308@aol.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 10:38 AM
Subject: Amateur Confusion
>
> HELP! I am trying to get my '78 Spitfire back to a somewhat legal status
as
> far as emissions. The PO replaced the manifold with a homemade header,
there
> is no air rail, and the air pump seems to have about 1 inch of play in the
> shaft. Also, the pipe from the air pump has been hacked off after it
turns
> around the back of the engine.
>
> So, I am trying to figure out where the air rail is supposed to tap into.
> The head on the engine does NOT have passages for the air rail to bolt
into.
> Is it supposed to bolt into the head, or the exhaust manifold? It is a
> Federal model if that makes a difference. Someone please tell me I don't
> need to replace the head as well!
>
> I have the Bentley manual for '75-'80 Spitfires, are there other books I
> should consider buying? TIA for your input.
>
> Peace,
> John
>
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