Hello all,

I’m tweaking my exhaust cutouts and having a little trouble with the driver side. The header flange is really close to the body, as you can see the top of the exhaust flange when installed is about 1/4”inch from the body. This means the nut will rest on the body when installed, and will obviously melt it. Elephant ears are NOT on yet. I’ve trimmed the opening upward about 1/2” but reluctant to do anymore unless consensus says I’m supposed to. Is this normal and should I open it up another 1/2-3/4” upward? The edge of the top nut will be flush or just be peaking out past the body cutout.

I have zero interest in playing around with the engine location on the mounts so hopefully this is normal.

Passenger side is perfect.

Thanks,
Craig 775E359A-62C3-4BBA-9264-84A585120D2E.jpg798B2676-48D3-475D-9D8E-66EAF4C3016C.jpg