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Add drain valves at exhaust manifolds?

Chris Rohde

Regular Contributor
Is it worth adding drain valves at the ends of the exhaust manifolds? Putting in a brand new set of Barr manifolds, and thought about adding a Fumoto valve at the far end of each for easy draining instead of the supplied threaded plugs. Not sure how much water might or might not stay in them when the block is drained. I'm assuming the block drain, really doesn't help the manifolds drain but a little bit. Thoughts??
 
I added elbows and full port ball valves with a hose down to bottom of the bilge to keep the water off the starter and other components, its a good idea to remove the assembly and flush the manifolds to get any debris build up that might occur in the manifolds
 
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