Section : Exhaust

MG Midget 1500 tubular manifold

Posted By : Ben Wynne, 09-May-2006, 11:42pm

• MG Midget 1500 tubular manifold

  Posted By : Alan Walmsley, 31-May-2006, 11:22am

  Having recently fitted a Sports Car supplies manifold it looks very similar although I'm no expert. However, what I would add is that I had extreme difficulty ensuring a tight joint at the 2 to 1 section. There is very little room for clamps/u bolts and I discovered that, with the carbs off, I could remove and refit the 2 sections you show as one unit. I therfore took a gamble and had them welded with a satisfactory result.

• MG Midget 1500 tubular manifold

  Posted By : Paul Bodiam, 31-May-2006, 01:54pm

  Hi Ben
  
  It will certainly fit at the cylinder head end, but you may have problems at the other end. I don't know how the exhaust is routed on a Midget, but on the Spitfire it has to fit between the sump and the right-hand chassis rail (on the 1500 there is a slight modification to the chassis here to allow a little more clearance than on earlier models) and then under and slightly to the right of centre below the gearbox, and then centrally down the car, below the prop shaft.
  
  regards
  Paul