[DeTomaso] Header Questions

[Rob Dumoulin]

My Beloved Gurus,

I bought a pair of used Hall Pantera headers that have no flange connecting
the tubes at the ports.  The headers have not been on a Pantera in years.
 Trouble is, the gaskets and port plates do not line up to these headers.
 The front two tubes line up perfectly.  The back two are off by at least
1/4 inch.  Is it common for unflanged tubes to be off by that much?

Even if I could easily put them on, they won't line up to the rest of my
exhaust. I went to a local muffler shop to see if they could install/mount
them so I wouldn't have to tee off half the island running straight pipes to
the muffler shop.  He says they won't fit.  A race shop guy said they would
over the phone, but he never saw them.

What say you guys?

-- 
Island Rob
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