RE: EM Bracket - Was - OK, so let us know . . .

[JustaxPHX@aol.com]

>If one of you engineering smart guys on this list can think about.  The part
in question is a bracket that bolts from just >below where the wastegate cap
connects to the wastegate exhaust pipe to the tranny/engine bolts.

Interestingly, both my '89 200q and my '85 Ur-Q have this bracket attached to
them (or something very, very similar) and they both have the OEM one-piece
manifold installed ... I also have service records for both cars since they
were new (or practically so) and nowhere in them can I find anything that
suggests this was installed by anyone other than the factory.

I also recall it was a major PITA to remove when I pulled the head off the Ur-
Q because the bolts on the wastegate side had all rusted up and it was
difficult to get a wrench on them with any leverage due to their location ...
that said, at 84k, there were no cracks in the manifold (but several in the
head!) and only one broken EM stud.  Did it help?  Beats me...