So I was inspired by this post to stop by the new stealership near work today. Got a price list for 2 manifold gaskets, the 2 flange gaskets, and new bolts for the header re-install...

$186!!! lol... wow...

Ouch - I guess thats why they call them stealerships... that's like highway robbery for those few items!

I paid 58 for one manifold gasket, 6 header bolts, 3 sets of flange bolt and nut. It is original gasket and cost me 12. The rest of the quote doesn't add up but will check when I pick it up today. I was asking him about the brake fluid and I wonder if he added that in.

Ahhhh! The sweet sound of no exhaust leak! Wonderful.

Total cost was 58. I got the wrong flange gasket so used the old one. Seems fine but overall very happy.

The guy at the dealership showed me what they use to clean the headers. Its a compressed air powered angle dye grinder and the twist lock "cookie" medium coarse sanding disc. Harbor freight has them. What a easy way to clean! On the engine side I was told to use a sand paper and thats what i did - 30 grit. Came out smooth.

Torqued to 19 lbs - Thanks Heiko. :cheers:

No problem, anytime.
Airtools are a wonderful thing and the sanding and cutting attachments save lots of fingertip wear :)

Here's the breakdown I got from the dealer:
996-111-107-55 EXHST MANF $25.66 (2) = 51.32
900-378-131-00 HEX SCREW $3.57 (12) = 42.48
996-113-113-00 EXHUST GA $6.90 (2) = 13.80
900-074-287-02 HXHD BOLT $10.71 (6) = 64.26
Grand Total = 172.22 + 13.99 tax = $186.21!!

those HXHD BOLT's are for the header-to-midpipe flange. $11 a piece?? he told me they were brass, but damn! this was all "Special Order" except for the manifold gaskets as well.

posted in case anyone else was curious or needed the part numbers.

EDIT: What's so fancy about those header bolts?? looks like they call for "Hexagon-head bolt, M 8 X 28". is this something I could pick up at the hardware store? what's the "pitch" on these? 1.25?

Brass wont rust or gull, thats why they use brass; There's lots of Industrial Fastener places around (up here we have Fastenal) and they'll be able to match up just about any bolt for you (if not they can get it) and usualy at a fraction of the cost! But if you question the quality of aftermarket brass bolts, stick with the stock ones... if you use antiseize paste and keep the threads clean, they should last a long time. Problem is that a lot of places that do service wont take the time to clean threads and use antiseize as to them time is money :(

For gaskets, sensors and stuff, its also worth checking out Autopartsway.com , their prices are good (for instance 8 something for the header gasket and 2 something for the exhaust gasket) Most of the stuff is manufactered by the same company as that sold by Porsche so your getting the same part - minus the Porsche sticker markup.
For Canadians they have a canadian site autopartsway.ca and shipping is always domestic so no duty etc to deal with (so far never had any issues) actually the last few ordered parts like sensors came in the genuine Porsche bags/stickers.

Anyhow just a suggestion...

They are not brass but coated but, look like brass though. I could have gone with regular HD bolts as you can cut them off if they rust. The header bolts I'd go with OEm ones as they are some special ones to avoid rusting and if they break then you'll be drilling the head.

The prices above are a rip off. Why dont you order from pelican? I needed them right away otherwise I'd have got them from pelican. Prices are pretty good.