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Old 09-10-2007, 10:50 AM
Ripstinger Ripstinger is offline
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I just put one of these in my 89 Spider. The fit was pretty straight forward, the length was right and the O2 fit, you won't be able to get a socket on the O2 but there isn't much recess so a wrench works just fine.

The problems are in the flanges in my case. The rear flange where it mates the middle section is a good deal larger than the stock flange. They provide enough slop in the bolt holes to make it work but it is less than ideal. The flange where it mates the manifold needed to be worked, the holes were off about 1/8th inch all the way around and the angle of approach interferes with the steering column. I had to open the top flange holes quite a bit to get enough play in the approach for a match. And even that only left me with a 1/16th clearance from the steering. The exhaust currently rubs on a right turn. I'm still working on that problem.
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