My 2zrfe swap

[brushforhire]

Originally Posted by beaker

The flat gasket will work, you will just have to grind the flange on the muffler side flat, where originally the "half donut" gasket would fit. The should be a protrusion on the flange that holds the original style gasket in place. Or, I may be wrong in thinking the ball is on the muffler side, if it originally was on the mid pipe side, then just use the gasket. I wouldn't use silicone.

If you don't like the slip joint, just put some tack welds on it once you get everything fitted and clamped, pull it down and weld it up.

As for sliding the header on once the cross member and engine are in place, sounds like for others planning on doing this, it would be better to install the header onto the engine prior to installing the engine in the car.

Luckily the little part you are talking about was on the midpipe side originally, so the gasket should be the ticket.

I will probably just end up welding the slip joint like you said.

I would install the header before putting the engine in, or drop the crossmember.

Honestly though, I would probably just cut that tab off. I will have to cut it off with an angle grinder if I want to get the header back out. I can always fab up another mount if I need to. I am not gonna bother with a mount bracket for now.