Sounds normal to me.  The smoking will move along the headers as they heat
up.  Smells awful, but should stop in ten or fifteen minutes.

On 3/24/07, Elliot Kane <e_madmax_k25@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> So I fired up "Big Red" today, my 2 year project (rebuilt the top end, new
> exhaust, etc.), and she appears to be running great (woohoo!) .....well sort
> of...
>   There appears to be a pretty nasty consistant smoke coming from all 4
> headers right where they bolt to the heads after it runs for a minute or
> 2...is this normal? As I said, brand new exhaust system...is it just the
> paint curing or something?
>   Thanks in advance,
>   Elliot
>
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