Attempt at new intake/exhaust for inline 250

[shifty]

Okay, so ... both of my exhaust manifolds were pretty rough - one was leaking horribly and rattling, the other one had a hairline crack. I took my spare intake/exhaust, split it, had the intake sandblasted, repainted it with Eastwood exhaust paint, bought new Dynomax headers for $160 from Mothertruckers, coated them with Eastwood header paint, then went to reinstall everything.

The damned headers interfere with the intake, so I can't get it in. The headers bump into:

Drivers side motor mount
Clutch linkage
The bottom sides of the intake for cylinders 1-2 and 5-6

I thought this would be straightforward, but I'm going to need to butcher the bottom side of the headers to make them fit.

Here are some pics if anyone is interested in what I got going...I will say this: The Eastwood exhaust and header paints are GREAT. Very easy to prep up and work with. Goes on smooth and one can would have been enough to coat my headers 4x.

Headers, before paint:




After paint (1 coat):




Intake after separation, sandblasting and paint:





This is the front header mocked up (notice the engine mount and clutch linkage - it bangs right there a little bit):





Here are the places where it's not meeting up. I'm going to need to massage both places, but I don't know what I'm going to do about the clutch linkage, because it's not going anywhere. I thought these headers were supposed to "fit" without these problems, but I was sorely mistaken