Here’s a quick recap:
Ebay divorced j-pipe
Hass downpipe
The plan
Well, now that everything was out of the car, I could finally check out the fitment.
Everything looked pretty good. One of the bolt holes was a couple of millimeters off, but it can be bored out to work perfectly. It was probably fabbed up on a T28.
So now the moment of truth….
FAILURE
It was only about an inch off. I wonder why?
AC.
I’m pretty convinced it would fit perfectly without the AC bracket in the way. You could see where it would slip right into shape of the engine underneath the bracket, kind of like Africa and South America. Otherwise the fitment was great. It tucked very neatly up under the oil pan. It looks like this was lovingly and painstakingly fabbed up… on an engine that didn’t have AC.
For right now I’m going to hang on to it, so it's not for sale. I’ve been thinking about ditching the AC for a while now anyway, but I’m not ready to make that decision. BTW, if I do ever decide to sell it, chriscar is first in line.
At least I have the Hass downpipe.
