BEFORE:




AFTER:



is that what caused this? you can see in the pic that its pretty black toward the left.

what else would cause this?

here is also a pic of the gasket that was on:



i also want to add, that i have not driven this car turbo'd yet, only have let it idle (or try to idle)
matt

 

looks like you mgiht have some detonation

 

did u reuse that gasket?
put a straight edge on the mani and head to see if it is warped.
it's probably just the gasket. looks like one of those felpro composite type ones.

 

WTF

Composite gaskets for exhaust manifolds?? Id never run it.
Get the stock mls one, run 2 if u have to.
And clean that old gasket residue off the head before u put another gasket on.

 

haha ok i could be wrong, just givin my opinion. when my buddys car had slight detonation, his head was all black with metal flakes

 

Matt this is the manifold that you traded for the one I made for you? You got pics? beside the ones on D-Series.org?