Re: quattro-digest V4 #1285

[ptimmerm@mashtun.JPL.NASA.GOV]

Andrew,  

I went down the same road when I had low boost.
It turned out to be a loose IC clamp.  The OEM
clamp had gauled, and I thought it was tight.

Still, the kitty was fully littered with pieces,
so no regrets at doing it.  I got a 2.5" "cat-back"
at the same time.

The bolts on my socal 82 were not too bad.  The
bottom two are easy, but the top one is a pain.
Only work on a cold car (duh!).  You may need 
some funky socket extentions to get to the top
bolt set.  I used a wobble and a couple of straight
ones.  The bolts are some trick high temp number, and
I suggest you save all the pieces, because replacing
all the springs and washers is hard without the dealer 
(ouch!).  I could find bolts at a local specialty hardware
store.  Anyone know the metalurgy of those things?
They look like copper, but I'll bet they aren't.

One one car I went with an aftermarket cat and didn't use any
of the factory hardware.  The shop used no springs, but the kitty
was stamped, not forged, and the ears had some give to it.

paul timmerman