Have you thought about cutting the flange on the head side this time? I have read that this clears up a lot of warping issues.
i dont think he means cutting the flange as in surfacing it....
he means cutting the flange so that all the ports are basically separate flanges. thats what prevents warping, even with stainless as all the flanges for each port are separate and then dont warp.
brian
Nice looking header, there.
Hmm, the 2.0/2.4 have the same bore spacing as the older 8V's. Couldn't you do the exact same thing with a set of flanges from FWD? I wonder if it will clear the stock 1-pc intake? I might have to get me one of those for the Daytona...
Oh, ok. well if I would have sawed thru the old flange it would have moved my bolt pattern enough that it wouldn't line up to the tapped holes in the head. If I wouild have welded the tubes up before even tacking them to the header I would have realized how much it would draw. On this header the tubes were all welded up before going on the head flange, after completed welding it only moved .015", easy cleanup. I've thought about partially sawing thru the flange so the bolt dimensions always line up. I actually have my head dowel pinned from the cnc'd port location to match the header port perfectly. Anal.