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Time for the next installment of fun with the project!!
I'd been thinking for a while about exhaust manifolds as it's on the list for when i go bigger turbo, after thinking about it i bit the bullet and spent my hard earned on a JBS k03 collected manifold.
Once it had arrived i decided i wanted it fitted by monday ready for Lydden so i could try it out on track to see if it had made any difference.
Fitting started lastnight and was going well, old mani off within the hour and studs wound into turbo ready for installation of the new one, that's when it started to go downhill, fitting the JBS mani was easy enough but bolting it on was another story, after an hour or so of messing about i called it a night and gave up.
Returning to work bright and early this morning i decided easiest way for me to fit it (not the most efficient way though) was to pull the engine out
Engine was on the deck just before 10 and i set to work on the mani, after speaking to Mike at JBS he informed me they used a mixture of modified spanners to get the mani tightened up so after a visit to my mates up the road i had a collection of mutilated 12mm spanners.
I'll be completely honest and say it must have taken me 2 hours to get everything tigtened up (and im still not sure everything is spot on so will be checking tomorrow)
Car is now back on the road and initial impressions are all good but monday will be the real test once i get it on track and give it some proper stick.
JBS manifold
Old vs new
Thanks to Mike at JBS for his
help with my questions
I'll post up more once i've given it a proper drive