Re: Two-piece manifold for N/A 5-cyl. motors...

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.kettering.edu>]

On Sun, 3 Jan 1999 JustaxPHX@aol.com wrote:

> I just got finished replacing a leaky exhaust gasket on my father's '91 100
> and was surprised to find the OEM manifold is a two-piece design similar to
> that Audi introduced for the turbo cars.  I don't know if it flows better than
> the other designs Audi used but I do know that even after 110k, each of the
> pieces was flat to within .006" and all of the EM studs were still intact.
> (Which, of course, means I'm somewhat puzzled as to why one of the gaskets
> started leaking in the first place...)
> 

Gross found a couple of these a while back at a yard that claimed they 
were turbo  2-pc EMs.

If anyone needs one, I might be able to find the place in my archives.

Later,
Graydon D. Stuckey
No Audis!  :-(
Yet!  :-)