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["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <scirocco@absomotherfuckinlutely.com>]

I was just looking through old messages and noticed that nobody answered
this one, so I thought I'd give it my $.02, seeing as how I just did this:
	The tube you're talking about is the EGR (Exhaust Gas
Recirculation) tube - block it off and forget about it : )
	Getting studs out of the head is a bitch - I decided to replace my
head when that happened to me, but you don't have to. I'd have a machine
shop do it, meaning take the head to them, meaning $100 worth of parts to
replace the head gasket, bolts, washers, seals on the water fittings, etc.
Hopefully someone knows of a better solution.
	I also had the crappy horrible 4 to one manifold, one of the
biggest pieces of crap VW ever made - incredibly restrictive. I went with
a ground out and slightly reshaped and ported 4-2 manifold into a custom
2-1 downpipe. I then had to fabricate an interesting flex joint, as well
as getting poly front and rear mounts to keep the motor from moving around
and breaking my downpipe. It was a pain in the ass, but it's all done now
and I've got 2" mandrel bent back from there into a cheap ass AutoZone
"Turbo" muffler. Should work well once I get it running right...
	HTH!
	-Josiah

'84 GTi
http://bork.hampshire.edu/josiah

On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Keith Fullerton wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> The 84 roc was getting very noisy so I decided to replace the exhaust
> manifold gaskets. (I was told 4 years ago that they needed replacing).
> I removed the intake manifold with out much difficulty. The exhaust
> manifold was quite another matter. Two of the studs were already broken
> and I broke a third. Four came out relatively simply and a fifth
> required the dremel. Anyhow, once the manifold came off I noticed that
> mine was missing something. Right above and slightly to the left of the
> O2 sensor there looks like there is a place for a tube coming out of
> the moanifold. Does anyone know what this is? And where the other end
> attaches...I haven't noticed any other place that looks like it needs a
> tube going into it and I couldn't find a good picture in Bently or on
> the Ekta CD. It is a stock manifold (4 into 1) with the C-springs 
> holding it to the downtube. (And many thanks to whoever has the website
> showing how to use a muffler clamp to remove the C springs!!)
> 
> Also, I've read on the list that there are much better (higher
> performance) manifolds than the 4 into 1. Unfortunately, I don't
> remember what they are. Since I have the old one off, I want to replace
> it. Any opinions on an inexpensive manifold upgrade? Any for sale? (Its
> for the JH engine with standard head).
> 
> TIA,
> Keith
> 
> 84 8v currently "under the knife"
> 
> 
> 
> 
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