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Old Mar 19, 2002 | 09:33 PM
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Well I finished puttin the JCL Baffles in. took 3 hours last night and about 1 1/2 tonight. Not too bad... :D

Took a test drive. The jurys still out on these... I would guess some more HP at the peak, but it feels like less torque at the lower RPMs ,

Tires (new Nitto 275/15/50s) were spinning bad though so might be a lot more power. Just not sure yet...

Guess I'll have to dyno to be sure.

Sound good and :cool:

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Old Mar 19, 2002 | 09:38 PM
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How is it getting the side pipes off the header after they have been on for awhile. My new ones have a very tight fit :)
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Old Mar 19, 2002 | 10:48 PM
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Chris you took step by step pics of the install right? :D :smash: This is another project that in nearing the top of my list!!!
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Old Mar 19, 2002 | 10:59 PM
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Chris you took step by step pics of the install right? :D :smash: This is another project that in nearing the top of my list!!!
No daMMIT i FORGOT... :mad

I can give you step by step on the process if you like... Maybe I should take it all apart and start over so I can get Pics.:lol: :lol: Mike haven't heard from you in a while. Did you find a Job and did you get the house???

Paso I used PB blaster to loosen them up. That stuff is great. To get the pipe off the header unbolt it , take a flat large screwdriver and wedge open the pinch clamp. Then just pull it back and forth and it'll slid off.
Then bang the header end of the pipe on a block of wood to loosen the insert . Grab it with large pliers to pull it out a little. Then dump a bunch of PB balster in the pipe. Grab the insert with pliers and pull/.push it in and out with the Ram stroke on the Out pull. This cuts the carbon and eventually Inch by inch, it comes out...


MIke , Paso When your ready to do this LMK I have some tricks to save mistakes and time.

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Old Mar 19, 2002 | 11:34 PM
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Mike haven't heard from you in a while. Did you find a Job and did you get the house???
Close on bouth counts... I've been meeting with another company and I think things are very close. I'm hoping to start there by next week if everything works out! As far as the house goes we had a couple of issues to deal with after the home inspection... so we are waiting to see what the homeowner's plan is... either they are going to have to fix a couple of things or lower their price a tad... shouldn't be a deal breaker, but the stuff has got to be fixed if we buy it or someone else does. We'll see... of course every day that goes by intrest rates are going up too! :(

It's been a busy couple of weeks and it dosen't look like it will calm down for a little while yet!!! :cry :crazy: :D
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