Short story long, this car has had a ticking since I got it. I met up with Ken a little while ago and had him take a look see in the ol engine bay. Amongst other things we found that under acceleration you could see a puff of smoke come out the rear most cylinder between the head and manifold. There seemed to be an aweful lot of red rtv between the manifold/gasket/head, but all the studs looked to be intact. I finally got it apart to see what all I was in for: http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b240/jamez38/Starion/DSC03003.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b240/jamez38/Starion/DSC03000.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b240/jamez38/Starion/DSC03001.jpg I figure the first step would be to order new hardware. I would have to order at least a few nuts/washers considering some were replaced with whatever they had laying around and the turbo was mounted with 3 of the 4 bolts. I have a few questions concerning the reconditioning of the remaining parts, however. How do you properly install studs in the head? (head on engine, engine in car) Can I get away with using a die on the turbo studs? Should I just hit the phone book and look for machine shops to handle the manifold? Do I need to ask what they would charge to "plane" the manifold? For those who have had to do this, what did you do about the webbing? I may come up with something else as I go, this is my first experience with a turbo manifold and whatnot.