Change exhaust manifold [850, 20V, 170hp, without turbo]

Hello dear elk stove, on the WE I wanted to clean my throttle flap and idle control. Since the removal was due to strange disposable clamps, for which I had no replacement there failed, I quickly cleaned the still installed throttle flap with LM throttle cleaner. That also worked quite well. Actually.. Unfortunately I had to find that my exhaust manifold has cracks, because all the black smoke when burning the coke deposits came directly under the heat protection bluff It seems to be tight. So not everything, but enough to get worry folds didn’t smell so good either. I ordered a new cracker including a flex tube, as well as attachments and seals from Polarparts, but at the price I gave up the search for a used cracker. I wanted to ask now if you think there are still important things to consider when changing the cracker. The accessibility to the cracker saw me from above. If you have unscrewed the KAT, you would have to be able to remove the cracker from the engine compartment? A pit for the work and experienced screwdrivers would be available. Do you have any other tips for me? Replacement bolts for the block if the screws are tearing off or similar.