1000 RR8 Fireblade headers to 919 RRW Streetfighter

I am planning on doing a lot of mods to silencers and my RRW exhaust system in the near future. So I thought I'd buy a set of RR8 headers and try to modify them to fit my RRW. Why RR8 you may ask, well the main reason was price. A set of RRW stainless headers went on eBay last night for £122 plus postage. I bought these RR8 headers last week for £4.49 plus £10 postage
The RR8 headers are 38mm o/d and lighter than RRW headers.A few dimensions are similar and a few very different;
Collars to fit to head are almost the same. Brackets to clamp headers to head are the same. Spacing between cylinders are very similar, about 2mm difference . Main difference apart from bends and shape of headers is that RR8 are 45 mm shorter in the vertical section, ie they will foul the sump unless I extend the verticals.
A few pix;
RRW headers

RR8 headers

I marked the vertical section of the headers 150mm from the collars and started cutting the tops off.

This is no4 header top section.

Will do a bit more tomorrow before work.

 

Managed to cut and file the other three stubs and fit em to the RRW engine this morning;

The view from underneath;

Next job is to make a bracket to support the RR8 exhaust in the best position while I make and fit the 38mm spacers into the gaps!

Mind you I could just stick with the stubby headers??? Double click on the piccy?

 

I started my duc in the garage once with no pipes fitted, bloomin blew my eardrums! lol

 

Could be abit loud...???? Looks very cool..though you might get loads of crap all over your engine in the longer run...

PS. I had my Computer speakers turned down...

 

Guess I,d better weld the tubes on to join em to the manifold then?

 

u could modify a scottoiler or something to drip oil into the exhaust, so you can press a button and create a smoke screen...this is sort of a tangent to Range Rover drivers ... which you could use the said modification on them....