No, damn it, it is NOT. Screw that. I took a grinder to non essentially bits and made room for the pipe. NOT sure why replacements do not mimick OEM fitment. Whatever. It is almost done - at least THAT task is. Waiting for various bits and parts to show up via brown trucks and FedEx. Looming like about a week or two for "ignition".
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