zak78- The tranny is a 6 speed. I believe the 850i was the first production V12 mated to a 6 speed, so it would be a shame to make it an automatic.
Alex, thanks for the confirmation. That would have been my best guess. Some pics I've seen show staining on only one side- and that makes for an unfortuate look.
924_CarreraGTS, I belive the plenums are held in place above the heads because the intake manifolds are ridgidly bolted to the engine block (and the intake manifolds are cast with the plenums in one piece). I want to replace those plug wires (that is what they are)- I'll just have to figure out how I want to do it.
Looks like the weather may break late next week....
