Final job was to remove the exhaust manifold and turbo again, as it needs a couple of studs helicoiling and some heat management was desperately needed to stop any burning of boost pipes or wiring, as its seriously tight around that area.










The heat wrapping was a bit of a faff to get right, taking several attempts putting it on and taking back off trying different ways to get around the whole thing fairly uniformly. Once the water had dried off the wrapping i gave it a coat of heat resistant paint which is supposed to help bind the fibres together and stop it fraying and dropping off... time will tell i guess.
I didnt really have any intention of painting the exhaust housing silver, but my masking must have been a bit crap, and i ended up with paint on it, so i finished the rest of it off. My guess is that it wont last 5 minutes before it discolours or flakes off, but we have a blanket that will be going on there to cover it up anyway.

Tight for space down there!!!







I would have liked to get the manifold bolted back up tight again, but ive been waiting for what seems like an age for the postman to bring me an 8.3mm drill bit to go with my half a set of helicoils, so for now its going back on with just a couple of nuts holding it in the right place so that it can all be measured up tomorrow for the fittings we need for the downpipe. Doesn't actually look as though it will need anything too fancy for this really, just a couple of 90degree elbows and a little tweaking to get the angles right.