Installing exhaust manny *PITA* *pic*

[PIMking]

Okay this is so great.....

First off I bought an exhaust manny and o2 housing with all new gaskets just in the nick of time.

When I took off the heat shield the passenger rear bolt that bolts to the turbo was just finger tight. hmmm and the stock manny had some decent sized cracks in it and the gasket that goes from head to manny was bad also. Now I broke the stud for the turbo to manny got it drilled out. it was a major PITA. The many bolts that go to the head all came out smooth and none broke what are the chances of that?

Now I need to get some 10m x 1.25 bolts to get everything all bolted up for tomarrow. jeesh this sucks.

here is the pic of my manny that im putting on

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I cant reuse the stock 3 ones because they are too long and cant fit em between the pipes and the holes but it will be done tomarrow. Do you guys have any ideas or have the same problems?

 

[gsxtasy]

Studs in your turbine housing.

 

[PIMking]

Studs in your turbine housing.

Like the one and use a bolt to tighten em down?

 

[gsxtasy]

Like the one and use a bolt to tighten em down?

Just get the appropriate size and length that will allow the nuts to fit between the manifold flange and the runners.

 

[PIMking]

does anyone know how long the studs are on the stock o2 housing? i need to get bolts and nuts for my new o2 housing but dont want to get em too long.

 

[meliketoball]

Measure the thickness of the flange on your turbo added to the thickness of the exhaust manifold.

 

[PIMking]

Okay I found some 10m x 1.25 studs and nuts. Now my question is how in the hell do I get the driverside back stud in? this is such a pita.

 

[meliketoball]

Use your head.

 

[PIMking]

Use your head.

Haha Got it on I was just worried about prying on certian things.

Great Tone from the exhaust (espcially (sp) at wot) great turbo spool. Gonna go to the track tomarrow for a dsm event and see what se runs.

 

[4g63t]

pacesetter manifold right?, had one for about 3 months then it cracked in 3 places, i braised the holes and sold it to a friend , it was junk for me but hopefully it works for you! gl

 

[PIMking]

Well if its junk I really dont have a ton of money wrapped up into it. My oem manny was cracked all to hell. and was worth about its weight. So if it last 3 months or 3 years im happy either way.