Got a chance to take a closer look at the car today.....Charles wrote:
Kenny,
I sprung an exhaust leak at Sunday's event that made the car sound like our Suby's used to
Removing that stuff is NOT a fun affair on a SR so I'm crossing my fingers the other nuts are as loose as the few I checked and that closes up the leak.
On my SR I have 8 nuts to secure the exhaust manifold to the head.
1 - Totally missing and stud appears to have been snapped off many years ago, it's too short to put a nut on.
1 - Barely finger tight
6 - Wimpy tight but I at least needed a wrench to get them tighter
Combination of 3 bolts and 2 nuts to secure the downpipe to the turbo:
2 - nuts MIA
2 - bolts MIA
1 - bolt I removed by hand that was finger tight.... thats all that was left holding it on. That and my downpipe has a brace that attaches to the side of the tranny.
4 nuts to secure turbo to manifold:
2 - Fronts are both barely finger tight
2 - Rears are both MIA
I guess it's a good thing I decided to skip my afternoon runs last Sunday and drive the car home
Apparently 3-4yrs of drifting followed by 3-4yrs of grip driving loosens things up
Hopefully my trip to the hardware store will be enough to get me through next weekend, afterwords I think it's time for the whole manifold/turbo assembly to come off the car.......
