I did remove the steering shaft Torx socket(I do not remember the size maybe in the 20s), and two nuts under the dash 10mm, that are easy to get to as long as your seat is back, mine wasn't and the battery is out of the car lol. Everything else was just sockets, extensions, wrenches & ratcheting wrenches. I did not remove the rubber portion of the engine mount, and with a dry fit I figured how to turn the header to get it in...it was simple.
Now keep in mind mine is an automatic, I followed the O2 wiring to their next connection and unplugged and by routing them in a more direct route there's ample length. Some else post that a manual trans doe not have this extra length. I will take better pics after work and post them.
I am just removing that entire drivers side manifold/cat and then installing a 11-14 exhaust manifold with cat deletes on both sides, I'm hoping I wont need to mess with the steering shaft or motor mounts other than the manifold nuts that mount it to the motor, leave the factory studs in and just swap out the two drivers side manifolds and then just install the cat deletes. Did you need to disconnect the steering shaft or the motor mount prior to removing the factory manifold/cat? Is that removable without having to mess with those two items or did you HAVE to remove them to get that manifold/cat out of the car? I thought I read somewhere that the pivoting head ratcheting wrenches are needed to remove the manifold?
I looked into that already as well and was quoted $600 lol. I don't mind wrenching on my car to save some $$ and KNOWING exactly how things were done etc too.
