I just got mine, also fabbed in Mexico.
Not sure about the stock fit, but I'm not really
worried, since I'm going to chop it up to build my
turbo header.
I will say that the mating face looks fairly good. The
tubes were welded all around the flange on the mating
side, and then the bead was machined flat, but not
flush with the header flange, maybe to within 1/16".
This results in a raised area about 1/4" wide that
encircles each port. It ought to concentrate the
clamping force, meaning fewer leaks (!?)
Oh well, if the project goes well, I'll post pictures.
Carter
--- "Dummer, Dan" <Dan.Dummer@BestBuy.Com> wrote:
>
> Seems I got my headers from a third plant, both of
> mine were labeled
> "Manufactured in Mexico". And neither one comes
> close to fitting. I
> do have a neighbor that works in a machine shop who
> has done a few favors
> like this for me in the past, but I have a problem
> with "fixing" something
> the day it comes out of the box.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ken Strayhorn [SMTP:ken@dukecomm.duke.edu]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 3:13 PM
> > To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Header fit, banging against the
> Frame!
> >
> >
> > Nolan said:
> >
> > >There are at least two different Monza/Pacesetter
> plants. One in Europe
> > I
> > >believe (Italy?), which does in fact
> > >make good quality equipment. Another is in
> Brazil, and their stuff is
> > >trash. The box it comes in is better then
> > >what's in the box.
> >
> >
> > Alas, this is true. I got one of the Brazilian
> units and
> > the pipes had not even been cut flush with the
> inside of
> > the flange that fits up to the head. I had to take
> it to
> > a machine shop and have all the finish work done -
> milling
> > the flange down smooth, re-making a few welds
> where someone
> > had made the initial tacks but not the full beads,
> and
> > stuff like that. The only cheerful news is that
> the machinist
> > was a buddy and took a case of beer as payment.
> >
> > This kind of stuff really irritates me, as the QC
> problems
> > should have been evident to anyone who took the
> time to
> > look. The only reason I didn't send it back was
> because
> > I figured that would be even more trouble.
> >
> > Ken Strayhorn
> > Hillsborough NC
> >
> >
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