Peter
The drivers side exhaust manifold casting # for the Tiger is
C3DE-9431-A, a stock Ford manifold. The passenger side exhaust manifold
for the Tiger is a special casting.
These special manifolds were probably first ordered in late 1963.
It's not impossible that the full order of manifolds were completed in 6
months so Ford would have a stockpile of parts ready for the full Tiger
engine build. I'm guessing here. I know of no documentation to verify the
stockpile of this exhaust manifold.
3H27 and 5A21 are date codes Aug 27, 1963 and Jan 21, 1965. The
dates are too far apart to be installed on the same engine at Ford.
I have no idea if the Falcon and Comet used the same exhaust
manifold on both sides but it would be very strange for mirror image
manifolds to have the exact same casting numbers. The 1965 manifold for
P/S manifold would need to have a cast in heat riser for the carburetor
choke hot air tube if it really was a P/S manifold. Generally the D/S
manifold has suffix A and the P/S manifold has suffix B.
You found some very interesting manifolds. Did you take a picture
you can share?
Ron Fraser
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From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Peter MacDonald
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 7:47 PM
To: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: [Tigers] Exhaust manifolds
While at the Portland Swap Meet, I saw a set of cast SB Ford exhaust
manifolds. The R/H and L/H looked like mirror images and the R/H
looked identical to a stock Tiger's. The fellow said he thought they
were from a Comet. If these were available, why the different
specific Tiger casting??
D/S C3DE - 8(9?)431 - A 3H27
P/S C3DE - 9431 - A 5A21
They were quite rusty and a bit hard to read (yes, I had my glasses
on!) so may have messed up on the 8's & 9's.
Peter
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