I'm about to dive into the installation of a Speedtech 60mm exhaust system on my K24 turbos and I want to get it done in one shot. Do I need to go bend a 13 mm wrench first, or can I get by with a regular spanner? I did a search and it seems some say this helps, others don't mention it. This was a Nevada car, its still like new down there.

 

I think if you have a socket set with smaller sized 1/4" extensions and one of the angle adjustable adapters, along with a regular metric open/closed end wrench set, you should be able to do it fairly easily. You will also require a metric allen set for the retaining bands. I have done it several times with just the tools mentioned above.

 

Thanks John.
I'm stocked up with everything you mentioned, so I should be ok.

 

Do you have new exhaust to turbo gaskets? I've read that you want to replace those.

A curved 13mm wrench will make your life MUCH easier... perhaps a 13mm crows foot that fits on a 1/4 or 3/8s would do the trick...

 

Ard.
The Speedtech exhaust has a gasket mounted on the cat to turbo ends.
I have a sacrificial 13 mm box/open wrench ready to go under the torch if I need to. I plan on dropping the rear bumper cover as per John's advice. I'm just waiting for some younger eyes to give me a hand. There's not as much light around here as there used to be

 

Cool. I bought a used EP2 so there were no gaskets. Pricey little buggers.

I did plugs and wastegates, so the cover was off anyway- but it was still a PITA to figure out how the damn clamp kept holding the muffler even when it was all loose. Once you see how it fits, it is super easy- but it wasn't obvious to me at first.

Enjoy- nothing like wrenching on nice things.

A

 

As I recall, once you loosen the clamps on the muffler, you have to slide the clamps towards the outside of each side.....hard to explain because I dont have the right nomenclature for the parts...but I know I wrestled with that dogone thing for some time till the light went on....two tabs that you slide out of the way.

 

Thanks for the help guys, I'm looking forward to this one.

 

I've re-used the cat/turbo ring gasket on all four of the exhausts I swapped on my 996TT with zero issues...

Mike

 

I guess if you want to be 100% correct, you'd buy the round crush rings...but I looked at them when I did the install, and they didn't look very crushed to me. They sit into a groove that looks to be deep enough that the rings dont really crush...maybe under a forensic microscope you might see some compression...but...I reused them with no mal effects whatsoever....there are no exhaust leaks. BUT, as I said, most P car guys want to be 100% correct, and if Porsche has them there then they must be for a reason...I just didnt' see it. Obviously, neither did Mike.

 

I have swapped exhausts about 20 times using the same set of rings with no leaking issues. They appear to be very re-useable.

 

Did a full DIY with Pictures a while back:

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...i-install.html

Hope this helps

 

Me too, truth be told.

I thought I was just lucky, having no issues.

 

Take off the rear bumper cover and save yourself the headaches of all the difficult
top turbo bolts. I have done it more than John...