Re: ceramic coating and 2-piece EM...

[Gerard <gerard@poboxes.com>]

> Only one stud broke - consider yourself lucky :-)

I do, but then I'm also fully trusting my mechanic who took his
time to make sure hardly any studs got stuffed up. :) Apparently,
it seems plenty of stuff on this car has had the wonderful
air wrench put to it along with some shoddy workmanship. The darn
thing split right along the old weld as well and was pulling away
from the head at the front where it was warping. Some signs of
leakage at the wastegate as well.

> I had four broken and a cracked manifold. - Your cracking sounds extensive
> to the point of unusual - check to make sure your exhaust system is properly
> supported at all mounting points and confirm the health of your engine
> mounts. It would be a shame to have them crack or break again after you fix
> them.

It is very unusual to see the thing cracked up so far along
the exit and then also along the outside below the exit. The mounts
looked
fine, they're only about 20 months old. I am planning to cut off
a bit of the exhaust and put in the flex pipe.

> Let me (or the list) know what the consensus of your replies on ceramic
> coating turns out to be.

Will do once I've read everything. :)

G.