Had some Skanky cheap used exhaust pipes come yesterday, offered as Plunger. My rule of thumb is that on a plunger pipe, the brackets "plunge" down and the pipes are straight. The brackets on these bend up, and the left pipe has a little kink at the silencer end, so I reckon they are S/A. Anyway the chrome is reasonable, so worth a modest punt and they can always be moved on, or chopped and changed to fit my eventual Longstroke build. As with a lot of the descriptions on ebay, the vagaries, poor photography etc put a lot of folks off, and this was a prime example.
Just looking at Woz's super time lapse pictures, all rather good. Looks to be early cases. Woz, what is the date of production? For future reference it looks to have no crank seal......is it a smooth or scrolled drive sleeve? There was debate on this a few months ago. Also by my reckoning there will be no oil supply from the PRV to the cam trough, so have you any thoughts on camshaft wear compared to later engines?
Swarfy.
Additional, How much is "very tight" by your reckoning and what head gasket type did you use? Just for comparison, if you are unlucky and it weeps.