Well sort’a...
As some of you know I've already installed the Moss EFI kit on my 78B. Well heres another update.
I finally made some time the other day to pull the old restrictive manifold & Cat and replaced it with my new custom intake & 3 into one header. Don’t worry folks I still plan on installing an aftermarket catalytic converter down the road.
Consider this a fitting & test run – kind of like what they do with development aircraft by testing the engine while on the ground. Well despite some minor hardware issues everything bolted up just as planned and I’ve incorporated all the original emissions equipment (save the cat) and it fired up after a quick jump start from my truck.
Then a surprise! That cool looking 3 into 1 header ain’t so cool looking anymore. Because the paint bubbled up on the number one & number four exhaust down pipe while the paint flaked completely off of the center Siamese (2 & 3) down pipe. In fact the whole header is going to have to be completely resurfaced. But that’s why we have test runs like this – rather than while driving down the road. Anyway once I figure out where I’m going to place inline Cat with a flange fitting – I’ll have it either powder coated or jet-hotted along with the custom intake.
By the way – during my test run I’m sure I PO’ed a few neighbors because I was running strait headers. As cool as it sounded I’m going to have to figure out something temporary to link the header to the rear muffler for harmony of the neighborhood. ;)
So what ya think?
Bret
1978 MGB Roadster in BRG