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More plugging away. I'm still having clearance problems with the CBP Panchito manifolds. I bought a bunch of 12mm exhaust style nuts and there still isn't clearance to put a socket on the short side of the manifold 'Y.' 

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I decided to make my genuine, made in the galldurn US of A manifold more like the cheap Chinese one I got off of fleabay. Me and my trusty grinder took a smidge off of the 1/4 inch thick manifold wall to allow a socket to just barely fit. Sorry if it sounds like I'm complaining, but to me, there's no excuse for this kind of lousy design/QA on a premium product. 

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Ok, got that off of my chest, again, and @Stan Galat, I don't want to hear "No, we all use the even SMALLER special nuts!" 

So, now I could actually attach the manifolds and throttle bodies I could see another clearance problem. The type of injector plugs I bought a just a bit too long to clear the engine bay walls. It looks like about 1/4" needs to be shaved or clearance holes need to be cut. As you may remember, I went with the injectors in the throttle body because I was worried that putting them lower in the manifold might make it hard to change the spark plugs. Pay me now or pay me later. I'm still not sure what I'd recommend, but either one will work, both have drawbacks, but they aren't showstoppers.

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Time to get some lunch and to decide what kind of fiberglass dust I'm going to make.

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