Thank you Captain!
So I know there isn't a whole lot of information about this so here goes.
The Magnum engine exhaust manifolds off my '92 Dakota were sitting on the shelf in my garage since I put headers on it about 3 years ago.
So I decided, despite what I've heard and read. I set about putting them on this car.
I'll start with the difficult side.
First things first. I seriously doubt these will fit with old, spongy factory engine mounts. My engine mounts are poly urethane and hold the engine rigidly in the mounts.
I lifted the drivers side engine mount to the top of the cradle, about 1/4" and tack welded the bolt washers to the cradle and then tightened the mount bolt with an impact. I forgot to take a picture, I will next time.
So here's how the drivers side manifold fits. Not going to lie it's a tight fit but still possible.
Grinding is involved, This is where this side is simply not a "bolt on" modification. I had to grind a bit of the manifold as well as a couple spots of the power steering pump but there is a hell of a lot of material to work with being that the part of the manifold you have to grind is right on the corner and is well over 3/8" thick.
From underneath.
Steering linkage.
Outlet with factory column linkage in place.
Still fits and very functional.
Passenger side fits much better but still not a direct bolt on. The inner fender just touched the manifold while bolted down. A little pry bar work and the inner fender sheet metal is easily moved over.
The big problem was the damn trans dip stick tube was right in the way of the outlet. So I broke away the mounting bracket, drilled a new hole about 1/8" next to the original hole and cut off the excess and bent the bracket to match the tube which I just simply curved more upright and welded the bracket back onto the tube so it fits closer to the corner of the block.
Outlet from underneath.
The outlets on both manifolds are located in about the best spot possible.
So how was your Friday night?
