Had a customer purchase the BP twin scroll turbo kit, but I had no idea he had already purchased and installed the Z1 CMC eliminator kit. So, he shoots me a text and tells me the manifold does not fit (I ha no idea that he was trying to work with the CMC kit on the car), so I asked for pictures.
Long story short, I had him send the original manifold back, as well as the clutch kit protection plate, which of course is the larges part, covering key components.
Once I put the aluminium cover on the car, it was clear that there is no point in trying to modify the original manifold, since it was a perfect fit....so I started from scratch. Turned out very well:
And of course, clearance is on par with the front subframe:
