With the SC stainless manifolds i decided to wrap them with black exhaust wrapping. I did this to try and remove a little heat from the engine bay and also the bulkhead of the mini. The manifolds pass very close to the subframe cross member and the cars bulkhead panel. The ends are secured by CV boot stainless ties.
In the lower of the two pictures you can also see the M8x1.0 oil supply drilling that i will insert a union to supply the cams.
The manifold studs were renewed using M8 x 40 manifold studs and brass nuts available from all good online auction sites.