HELP! Can you identify this manifold?

[milez]

Can anyone tell me if this if for a LHD or a RHD M20 please!?! Am due to purchase tomorrow but not convinced it will fit - guy selling it is being really cagey...


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[ed325i]

Looks to me to be for a LHD car.
What make is it ?

[munky30]

looks rhd to me... it would have to sit on the right side of the engine for the exhaust to come off it to the rear of the car.

If I'm right in remembering that the manifold is on the drivers side of the engine.

[StuBeeDoo]

Looks like LHD to me too. Doesn't seem to be "bendy" enough to go 'round the steering coupling.

[Chris-W]

The question is will it clear the steering column on a RHD car, and I'm with Ed.

[Theo]

RHD = right hand drive. Most m20 manifolds are for LHD cars and wont fit rhd cars due to the steering linkage getting in the way.

Hard to say whether it will fit from that picture, he has photographed the two banks the wrong way round, ie the primaries on the left are 3,2,1 as you look at it from left to right, and the primaries on the right are 6,5,4...

[munky30]

yes... because lhd cars dont have the engine the other way round... just the steering column on the other side.... jesus, I really should engage my brain before typing.

[Chris-W]

jesus, I really should engage my brain before typing.

And where's the fun in that?

[ed325i]

Doesn't seem to be "bendy" enough to go 'round the steering coupling.

That is what I was thinking. The one I have just fitted is more bendy and the steering coupling goes through the middle of it.

[milez]

Thats what i thought really , doesn't seem enough clearance for steering linkage. I've no idea of the make and seller doesn't either.Whats the general opinion, walk away ?

[StuBeeDoo]

Whats the general opinion, walk away ?

If I wasn't 100% certain, I would. You haven't said how much he's asking, but 6-branches aren't cheap. Expensive mistake if it is wrong.
If in doubt.....