Exhaust manifold ... time to cut holes!

Sun 21st 2010 - Work time = 5hrs ... Build Time To Date = 128hrs
Time to cut the hole for the exhaust.  Using the template I made earlier I drilled out the glassfibre.

I then took my time to gently cut away the body work with the dremel sanding drum.  It took a long time ... as you can see by the work time recorded today.  There isn't a lot of room to insert the manifold in the engine bay .. it required a lot of twisting/turning and removal of the bodywork a millemetre at a time.  I was pleased with the end product.  It does look as though the hole is much bigger than needed when it's finally fitted but trust me it needed to be this big to wiggle the manifold through.