SRowells Diablo 1.8 - Jenvey 45s & OMEX600

[Eeyore]

f*cking french shite. So battled the exhaust, cat, lambda and manifold off.... All of the nuts were stuck on the studs so the studs came out of the head. On the drivers end one sheared inside the head so no way I can get that out and the one below it sheared but with 2mm of thread... so.... Just going to have to accept that those two are gone... Ill be swapping the head in the next year anyway and its not as if this is going to do a lot of miles...

For anyone looking to do this its a f*cking nightmare. I would strongly advise just taking the engine out and painting it at the same time. Bolts are difficult to access and if you do shear them you havent got access to do anything. People have said you can fit the gti6 manifold with the subframe dropped slightly. Im calling bullshit on that one. Even with the entire subframe dropped the steering rack has to be half removed and the gear selector has to be removed.

Anyway... here is a pic of them side by side... rather excited to see how the gti6 one sounds.



annoyed... and an estate boot carpet makes a great thing to lay on...



everything else for another day...