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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Posts: 521
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Shane - I just put a Bursh muffler on my '75 914 and had a similar issue. I found that it mated to the heat exchangers, but was also slightly off alignment as well. First, I took my time. There is no such thing as a 5 minute Porsche project. Second, loosen everything up (except the manifold that bolts to the head)and fit the HE to the muffler without putting the top bolts through the muffler support bracket. Be careful with this because you don't want any weight pulling down on the manifolds bolted to the head, ensure you support the HE with a floor jack or something (ask me how I got a cracked head). Once the main parts of the muffler, test pipe and HE are together, put the bolts through the muffler support bracket. This will require some prying and pulling, but it will fit. One all together, tighten bold securely.
This worked for me and took about 1.5 hours of head scratching and a long but sharp learning curve.
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Mark Howard
'88 Carrera
'62 356/B
'75 914 1.8 resto
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