thanks guys but the credit goes to dale who modified it for me. the flange is for a de/ve as the mounting holes have been slotted to allow fitting to both, and yes i will be port matching it to the head, and of course i will post photo's once i fit it
afaik the secondaries haven't been shortened and the merge is still there, all thats been done to my knowledge apart from the replacement flange and adjusting it to fit the de/ve is to put the flange right after the merge, as there needs to be a connecting piece made with a flexi to connect to the cat