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Manifold decision

When SNG Barratt’s tooling to produce XK engine exhaust manifolds was showing signs of wear after 30 years’ use, the design team went back to an original sample to create brand new tooling using 3D scanning technology. The result is tooling that allows a better mold and a better enamel finish.

Part numbers C18397 and C18396 are for six-cylinder E-types and 2.4 Mk 2/240 (tooling for 3.4 and 3.8 Mk 2s/S-type etc is recent

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