Everything in this car is locked into place like puzzle pieces. To remove the manifold and turbo, I needed to remove the compressor outlet pipe. To remove the compressor outlet pipe, I needed to remove the rest of the hotside intercooler piping. To remove the rest of the hotside intercooler piping, I needed to remove the entire front end. Then, since I still have AC… yup I needed to unbolt the AC compressor. To do that, I needed to remove the belt. You see what I mean? No wonder I’ve been putting this off.
Front end removed:
Manifold nuts sipping on some PB Blaster
Finally
Don’t see these too often
Manifold/ Turbo/ J-pipe
Everything removed
