Running the engine, even for a short time, without a silencer is a VERY noisy experience in the confirmed space of my garage. So the next job has to be the silencer. So that the mounting bracket doesn’t interfere with the rear wheel arch, the manifold needs to be shortened by about 5cm. My dremel made short work of it without needing to remove the manifold. I then pushed the silencer onto the manifold and used its position to guide the position of the bracket. Three 8mm holes later and the bracket was in place.
It looks good and thankfully is nowhere near as load