my engine is ticking n a mechanic said it was a manifold leak .. considering my exhaust isnt stock im going to assume the person before me loosened the manifold n didnt tioghten it. or the bolts r loose.. where are the bolts for the manifold.. pics would help. i cant find any

 

Uh... what?

 

u know how the air pump pumps air into the exhaust pipe? well if u get aftermarket headers.. the pump is useless.. well i was thinking . is it possible to hook up a turbo to that instead of hooking it up to the header pipe.. but someone said its not strong enough to power the turbo

 

Dude, just ditch the AIR pump unless it's mandatory you have to have it. It's a waste of metal and weight, and if you ditch the factory manifolds, it's almost completely useless (can only send air to the converter).

Let's put it this way, even a leaf blower is too weak to run a turbo, and the AIR pump is no leaf blower.

 

understand.. n i live in jersey.. emissions sux so i think its mandatory

 

One thing you might check is that some areas within states require and some don't...i used to live in somerset, pa and didn't need them, when i moved to pittsbrugh(one of the two biggest cities by far, think it even is the biggest) every town around here requires them.

 

how badly will emmisions be with it removed.. is it significant?

 

My car was originally from new jersey and doesn't have the AIR pump and always passed emissions.

 

i myself am having emission problems as it is.. even with the air pump.. i have no clue what to do.. the plugs are fine. its got a new fuel pump.. timing is set to 9... should be ten i know.. i wonder if the prvious owner hollowed out the cat.i have no other ideas

 

your egr could be bad, or even just a vacuum hose.

 

check engine light off fixed a vaccume hose to it.. i wonder how many vac hoses there are in this vehicular

 

The short answer-too many. I for one hardly have any....but my car would def not pass a smog test...for that reason I think I will have it inspected where I used to live, because I honestly don't want to have all that emissions crap hooked up anyways.

 

ugh