Exhaust System: Description and Operation

General
The inlet manifold on the V8 engine is located on the top of the engine, between the cylinders.

The two exhaust manifolds, one for each link of four cylinders, directs the engine combustion gases from the cylinders to the exhaust system.

The exhaust system consists two identical systems, sharing a common rear silencer assembly, connected to each exhaust manifold. Two catalytic converters are located in each of the front pipes from its respective manifold and a silencer is installed midway along the system.

Inlet Manifold
The inlet manifold is a light weight, one piece plastic moulding. Fuel is supplied by a single fuel rail and regulated by a single pressure regulator mounted on the end of the rail. The manifold is acoustically decoupled from the cylinder heads to reduce noise and vibrations.

The throttle plate has two wedges screwed directly to it, these provide a curved zone for smoother throttle response during idle, off-idle transition.

The combined output of the mixing plate ensures that the gasses and vapors are evenly distributed among all the cylinders, which can improve idle quality.

Exhaust Manifold
Two handed, double skinned stainless steel street metal manifolds are used on the V8 engine. Each manifold has four ports which merge into one flanged outlet positioned centrally on the manifold.

Each manifold is secured to its cylinder head using eight studs with nuts and sealed with two gaskets. The flanged outlet on each manifold provides the attachment for the exhaust system.

NOTE: The exhaust manifold gasket for cylinders 3-4 is not interchangeable with the gaskets for cylinders 1-2, 5-6 or 7-8.

Exhaust System
The stainless steel exhaust system is supplied as a one-piece assembly.

It consists of two stub pipes and pre-catalytic converter H02S, two intermediate catalytic converters, two main catalytic converters and down pipes, each with a post catalytic converter H02S, two intermediate silencer assemblies and pipes joining the single rear silencer assembly. Internally the rear silencer assembly is divided into two independent silencers, each with its own tailpipe. The tail pipes are bent downwards and not normally visible.

The exhaust system is attached to the underside of the body with five rubber mountings and a mass damper. The mass damper is fitted forward of the right intermediate silencer.

Although supplied as a one-piece assembly, in service, sections of the system can be replaced individually. Service joints, identified by indentations on the pipes, show where the exhaust pipes can be cut to accommodate replacement sections.

After the replacement sections are positioned the system integrity is restored by sealing the service joints with one piece sleeves.