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[jcollingwood]

i have just fitted a new manifold to my mini and the center branch is extremly close to the drive shaft... ( pic shows clean metal on the drive shaft where it was rubbing ) after speaking to someone they told me that they are a tight fit, however how tight is tight? at the moment i have mannaged to creat a minimal gap between the two. if you have any ideas please share (: (:

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[Big_Adam]

You got the rest of the exhaust on at all? As you might have shifted things about.

Also on my Freeflow on my 998, I had a bracket at the bottom to hold it, so you might be able to botch something there as there is a exhaust mount on the back of the gearbox.

[Tommyboy12]

My LCB doesnt sit anywhere near the driveshaft. Its a tight fit yeah but theres a good bit of clearance. Have you pushed it far enough into the link pipe?

[AlexMozza]

I have about 10-15mm space between the manifold and the inner CV

[jcollingwood]

all the exaust is fitted on and i have tried to pull everything to the rear of the car, hence pulling the centre pipe away from the driveshaft. this has only given about 2mm clearance. i have also tryed levering the centre brance of the manifold and getting the pipe further into thw y-piece.. :S puzzled as to what else i can do.

the final conclusion i keep coming too is that the product is either incorrect or faulty (pipe bent incorrect).
this is the lcb that i got and have fitted:
http://www.minisport...PHBSPD708M.html

its a 1275cc engine that i have. can any of you see any problems or any suggestions.

[jcollingwood]

anyone have any ideas?

[abe46]

iv got the same LCB and mine was twisted. Personal experience - Minisport exhausts are rubbish!

I will be replacing mine tomorrow with a Maniflow LCB which will be a better fit

My suggestion would be to return it to minisport and buy something else!

[jcollingwood]

http://www.minisport...info_LM004.html

what this one?

i have been out working on it all day. i got told the best way to move them was to losen the manifold off the head then fit everything and do the manifold bolts up last. managed to do this and have about 3mm of clearance... would you say thats enough.?

[abe46]

http://www.minisport..._LM004S11R.html

I have got that one to put on as i have a maniflow y-piece, link pipe and back box aswell

I am not sure how much clearance iv got, but i will check tomorrow morning before i get the minisport one off and let you know!

As long as it doesn't touch the driveshaft i would assume it is okay. But make sure you get a manifold to gearbox bracket so it doesnt move about!