Quick mock-up over coffee to gain clearance measurements for heat sinks a couple weeks ago. Bolted together a head, cam tower and the header to get a better idea of how much room there is to work. Seeing it laid out, which as it sits is how it will appear in the car, shows the sink will be right over the exhaust. A couple of the bottom fins of the sink will be trimmed to allow an air gap if necessary. The header pipes will be then be covered with ceramic coating and header wrap. There are other headers manufactured that don't extend into this area like the SSI do but I would like to keep cabin heat which is sucked off the header using the stainless shroud.
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“Of the value traps, the most widespread and pernicious is value rigidity. This is an inability to revalue what one sees because of commitment to previous values. In motorcycle maintenance, you MUST rediscover what you do as you go. Rigid values makes this impossible.”
― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
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