Thread: Ram Horns vs Shorty Headers

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OK Brian, Thanks for all your good suggestions. I had problems with my camera; it seems to need fresh batteries to download to the PC. Anyway after my previous adventure with cutting fiberglass I was VERY aprehensive about this simple relief and yes it did not go perfectly but the relief will be inside of the edge of the hood. For the folks following Bebop construction the good news is that the Brookville motor mounts seem high enough that there is good clearance between the tube header and the frame rail. From the Bebops point of view the fender edge covers the frame rail with an excess of about 1/2" more or less. I cut a pattern from cardboard but even then my hand is not very steady with the Dremel carving tool. I am sorry to make a big deal out of this but I hate to cut up the 'glass, especially after painting! Here is the first picture showing the problem with the tube header touching the edge of the fender edge. As far as I know, fiberglass will burn and the combination of motor vibration and a hot tube rubbing the 'glass would have made a mess here.