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The original cast exhaust manifold came with the Z and it was in good condition. It will get media blasted and coated in due course. However, there were no secondary pipes - these are 2 into 1 that bolt to the manifold and finish at the gearbox cross-member. During a conversation with Les Collins he mentioned he had a couple replica sets made - one for someone in interstate - and a spare. What like it? Goes without saying! With the dummy engine in place and the exhaust manifold & secondary's bolted up, I wanted to sort the rest of the exhaust system as I didn't want to potentially damage fresh stone-chip / paint if it gets done later. While this Z is going to be factory fresh one deviation from this is the exhaust system. I have a dislike for mild steel exhausts on my restorations as I think they look cheap, and the local exhaust shops don't do a good enough job for my liking. (In fact, one shop refuses to do work for me on the restorations as I'm apparently too fussy...!) The engine is only 2.4ltrs, so it didn't need to be a large diameter. I settled on 2.25" for the system. So I contacted AMRON in Melbourne and they sent me up a box full of goodies: 2.25" S/S mandrel bends, 2.25" S/S lap clamps, 2.25" S/S hotdog, 2.25" centre/offset S/S muffler. It should sound great without being noisy and/or droning. I enjoy the process of building mandrel exhausts, but I'm no guru exhaust builder so it does take me a while to make them - this one took me nearly two days (so I'm not going to make a career out of it!), but it's tucked up nicely under the Z and it still clears everything. Only thing I might alter is the fitting of a S/S flex joint to the front of the system to reduce NVH further.

this is making me seriously consider a set....

^^^ Those do look nice when fitted