[budoka]

as you may or may not know, the heads on my knuck were converted for dual carbs, with panhead style exhaust ports by Pete Hill back in the day. i'm having a hard time getting a good seal around the pipes at the top where they slide onto the exhaust ports.

i've got the big, thick, heavy duty style clamps, but can't seem to get a good seal.

what have some of you guys who have ridden pans for a while done to get a good seal?

thanks!
-dan

 

[budoka]

thanks for the ideas, guys. everything lines up perfect and there's no strain on anything, but i just can't seem to get a good seal. think i'll try a combination of the aluminum strips with a bit of high temp rtv and see if that won't take care of it.

i know a lot of them just leak, but it's giving me a backfire that i wanna control. maybe i'm just being too anal, but hey, why not huh?

and yes, i know that a backfire can be caused by an excessively lean or rich state, etc., and i *am* trying to work out the optimal jetting, but at this point it's really looking like it's the exhaust, too.

at the least i wanna eliminate the exhaust as one potential cause.

thanks for all the replies guys, they all helped out.

-dan