Breathing Room?

[vanapplebomb]

I have been digging around for inspiration for my build while most of the guts of the T4 are at the engine machinist. While poking around at Gates Commando and similar tires I found a picture of a rail with a T4 engine. It appears to have the same manifold/exhaust set up as I have. I wanted to avoid this set up due to the proximity of the exhaust to the cooling air intake. I know it isn't a good angle, but it appears to have more breathing room between the header than I initially thought. What do you guys think? If this fit inside my rear cage then I would be very tempted to just run it as is rather than go though the work to loop it around behind the engine like the EMU headers.

[Deleted]

I think they will clear the fan well. You could wrap the header by the fan but do not get the wrap wet. Holds water and will rot the tubes faster.

[MadMike]

Don't think it's gonna be a problem for an open buggy,had a buddy yrs ago with type IV buggy and same header style and his didn't over heat
maybe in traffic? like that's gonna be a problem running 2tracks in 'rushhour'

[vanapplebomb]

Thanks guys. What I will probably do then is just take five minutes to make a simple heat shield out of some scrap stuff and attach it with a couple stand-offs.

[thedirtydutchman]

Looks a whole lot more simple to use that set up than the one you are building.

[vanapplebomb]

That is actually the exact set up I currently have on hand. If it fits within the rear cage I will use it. like you say, it is simpler. If it doesn't, then unfortunately I won't have much of a choice but to rout the exhaust around the back side of the engine. PITA, but functional. All I know is it is going to be a tight squeeze.