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Synchro909 · 09-30-2021, 06:13 PM

You guys should try taking the valve cover off in a RHD car! As I have said many times before, you don't know how easy you have it. On our cars, it the manifolds have been machined flat, there is a good chance you won't be able to use the clutch. The pedal arm goes between the exhaust clamp and the block and there is not much room there. Fitting the clamp is an acquired art with an original clamp so we modify them so there is no nut. We simply put a helicoil in one side and use a shorter bolt. Did I say you guys don't know how easy you have it. In this area (the engine bay), Henry didn't think things through well at all.
BTW, the advice above is good, IMO.

09-30-2021, 06:13 PM	#11
Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,496	Re: Potential for manifold warping? You guys should try taking the valve cover off in a RHD car! As I have said many times before, you don't know how easy you have it. On our cars, it the manifolds have been machined flat, there is a good chance you won't be able to use the clutch. The pedal arm goes between the exhaust clamp and the block and there is not much room there. Fitting the clamp is an acquired art with an original clamp so we modify them so there is no nut. We simply put a helicoil in one side and use a shorter bolt. Did I say you guys don't know how easy you have it. In this area (the engine bay), Henry didn't think things through well at all. BTW, the advice above is good, IMO. __________________ I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood.