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Not long after Caterham bought the rights to build the Lotus Seven, Westfield sports cars was founded and started producing a facsimile of the iconic Seven themselves.
This 1984 Westfield Seven is one of those cars, said to be assembled just two years after the company's founding.

The listing states that this particular Westfield was prepared …
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What would be the advantage of joining the intake runners together with the copper pipe?
In reply to SkinnyG (Forum Supporter) :
Good question. The listing doesn't really mention anything, but maybe someone with more experience with these engines will have an answer.
Here's another angle if that helps:

In reply to SkinnyG (Forum Supporter) :
Maybe someone drilled the intake for injectors, but for whatever reason they were never installed, and they just happened to have a drawer full of spare copper plumbing fittings?